| Eaton Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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 Darwin Airport flight control tower | |||||||||||||||
  Eaton | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 12°24′39″S 130°52′56″E / 12.4108°S 130.8823°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 213 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0820[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Darwin[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Spillett[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Solomon[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining suburbs[7] | ||||||||||||||
Eaton is a suburb in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the city of Darwin.[5][1] It is the traditional country and waterways of the Larrakia people.[8]
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.[2]
Eaton is located within the federal division of Solomon, the territory electoral division of Spillett and the municipality of the City of Darwin.[5][1][4]
