Southport, Northern Territory
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| Coordinates: 12°43′20″S 130°56′57″E / 12.72222°S 130.94917°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
| City | Darwin | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 29 October 1997 (locality) | ||||||||||||
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| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 232 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0822 | ||||||||||||
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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.