Virginia is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 31 kilometres (19 mi) south east of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the Litchfield Municipality. The suburb is mostly a rural area, but has been experiencing strong growth in population and development. Settlement of the suburb began in 1869, after George McLachlan surveyed the small satellite town. Virginia has been used as a name for the area since the 1870s.
| Virginia Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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  Virginia | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 12°32′41″S 131°01′09″E / 12.5448°S 131.0192°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 1,836 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1869 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0834 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Litchfield Municipality | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Goyder | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining suburbs[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Place Names Register Extract for "Virginia"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Virginia (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Virginia". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
