Margaret River, Northern Territory

Margaret River
Margaret River
Coordinates: 13°14′03″S 131°21′34″E / 13.2341°S 131.3595°E / -13.2341; 131.3595[2]
CountryAustralia
StateNorthern Territory
LGA
  • unincorporated area[1]
Location
Established4 April 2007[2]
Government
 • Territory electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total10 (2016 census)[5]
Time zoneUTC+9:30 (ACST)
Postcode
0822[6]
Mean max temp33.7 °C (92.7 °F)[7]
Mean min temp21.2 °C (70.2 °F)[7]
Annual rainfall1,564.4 mm (61.59 in)[7]
Suburbs around Margaret River
Coomalie Creek Marrakai
Mount Bundey
Mount Bundey
Coomalie Creek
Tortilla Flats
Adelaide River
Robin Falls
Margaret River Mount Bundey
Burrundie
Robin Falls Robin Falls
Douglas-Daly
Burrundie
Burrundie
Locations[6]
Adjoining localities[8][1]

Margaret River is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 93 kilometres (58 mi) south-east of the territory capital of Darwin.[2][6]

The locality consists of land bounded in part to the west by the Adelaide River and to the south by the Stuart Highway. This locality is named after the Margaret River, a tributary of the Adelaide River, which runs through the locality. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[8][2]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Margaret River had ten people living within its boundaries.[5]

Margaret River is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Goyder and within the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory.[4][3][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Localities within Un-Incorporated area (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 29 October 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Place Names Register Extract for Margaret River". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Division of Goyder". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Margaret River (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "Margaret River Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics BATCHELOR AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Margaret River". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 2 May 2019.