Eaton, Northern Territory
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 Darwin Airport air traffic control tower | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 12°24′39″S 130°52′56″E / 12.4108°S 130.8823°E[1] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 213 (2016 census)[3] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0820[4] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 32.0 °C (89.6 °F)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 23.2 °C (73.8 °F)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 1,725.1 mm (67.92 in)[5] | ||||||||||||
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Eaton is a suburb in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the city of Darwin.[2][1] It is the traditional country and waterways of the Larrakia people.[7]
It consists of the land occupied by the Darwin International Airport and RAAF Base Darwin.[1]
Eaton is named in commemoration of Charles Eaton (1895 – 1979), a senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force whose service included appointment as the "Station Commander of RAAF Darwin" in 1940. The suburb’s boundary and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[1]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Eaton had 213 people living within its boundaries.[3]
Eaton is located within the federal division of Solomon, the territory electoral division of Sanderson and the municipality of the City of Darwin.[2][1]
