Hughes, Northern Territory

Hughes Darwin, Northern Territory
LGA(s)	Litchfield Municipality

Hughes is an outer rural locality of Darwin. The name of the locality derived from the war-time airfield which was named after W A Hughes.^[1]

Hughes Airfield was recently resurfaced by the Northern Territory Government and is sometimes used by water-bombing aircraft during bushfire season. ^[2]

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Suburbs and towns of the Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory

Outer Darwin	Bees Creek Coolalinga Freds Pass Girraween Holtze Howard Springs Humpty Doo Knuckey Lagoon McMinns Lagoon Noonamah Virginia Mickett Creek

Western Rural	Berry Springs Blackmore Channel Island Darwin River Fly Creek Livingstone Southport Tumbling Waters Weddell Wickham

Eastern Rural	Acacia Hills Black Jungle Gunn Point Herbert Hughes Lambells Lagoon Lloyd Creek Manton Middle Point Murrumujuk Daly Glyde Point Koolpinyah Shoal Bay Wak Wak

Coordinates: 12°41′18.38″S 131°06′02.37″E / 12.6884389°S 131.1006583°E / -12.6884389; 131.1006583

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