Livingstone, Northern Territory Explained

Type:suburb
Livingstone
City:Darwin
State:nt
Coordinates:-12.6829°N 131.0819°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Alternative Location Map:Australia Darwin
Local Map:yes
Zoom:10
Postcode:0822
Established:29 July 1998
Pop:452
Dist1:48.5
Location1:Darwin
Dist2:28.6
Location2:Palmerston
Lga:Litchfield Municipality
Stategov:Daly
Fedgov:Lingiari
Near-Ne:Noonamah
Hughes
Near-Se:Acacia Hills
Near:Livingstone
Footnotes:Adjoining suburbs[2] [3]

Livingstone is an outer rural locality near Darwin. The name "Livingstone" derived from the war-time airstrip which was named after John D Livingstone, Jnr.[4] On 4 April 1942, Livingstone was wounded during action over Darwin, but flew to the newly completed 34 mile airstrip where he crash landed, but died in the resultant inferno.[4] He was buried at "The Gardens Cemetery".[4] The 34 Mile strip was named Livingstone in his honour.[4] Livingstone has a rural recreation reserve managed by a community management committee and provides a Friday night 34 mile bar and bistro frequented by locals and visitors.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Place Names Register Extract for Livingstone . NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 18 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Livingstone . NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory . Northern Territory Government . 4 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Litchfield Municipality Localities . Place Names Committee . Northern Territory Government . 4 May 2019.
  4. http://www.nt.gov.au/lands/lis/placenames/origins/greaterdarwin.shtml#l Livingstone