Southport, Northern Territory
| Southport Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 12°43′20″S 130°56′57″E / 12.72222°S 130.94917°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 232 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 29 October 1997 (locality) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0822 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Litchfield Municipality | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Goyder | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining suburbs | ||||||||||||||
Southport is an outer rural locality in Darwin. It is based on the site of the abandoned Town of Southport, a thriving river port during the Pine Creek gold rush of the 1870s. It is located at the junction of the Blackmore and Darwin Rivers.