Davenport Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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Davenport | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 20°53′46″S 134°49′05″E / 20.8962°S 134.818°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 178 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.006189/km2 (0.01603/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 0872 [3] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 28,761 km2 (11,104.7 sq mi)[4] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 1,057 km (657 mi) S of Darwin[3] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Barkly Region[1] | ||||||||||||||
Territory electorate(s) | Barkly[5] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Lingiari[6] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities[8][9][lower-alpha 1] |
Davenport is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 1,057 kilometres (657 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][3]
The locality consists of the following land (from west to east):[10][9]
- The Singleton and Neutral Junction pastoral leases,
- The Kurundi and Murray Downs pastoral leases, and the Mungkarta Aboriginal Lands Trust,
- The Epenarra pastoral lease, the Warumungu and Anurrete Aboriginal Lands Trusts and the Elkedra pastoral lease.
The locality fully surrounds the communities of Ali Curung, Tara and Wutungurra.[8] As of 2020, it has an area of 28,761 square kilometres (11,105 sq mi).[4]
The locality's boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from the mountain range which was named in 1860 by John McDouall Stuart as the Davenport Range after Samuel Davenport, a South Australian politician.[1]
Davenport includes the following places that have been listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register – the Barrow Creek Hotel, the Barrow Creek Telegraph Station and the Neutral Junction Homestead (Old).[11][12][13]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Davenport had 178 people living within its boundaries of which 59.4% were male, 40.6% were female and 59.3% who identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”[2]
Davenport is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.[6][5][1]
References
Notes
- ↑ The locality of Davenport fully surrounds the communities of Ali Curung, Tara and Wutungurra.[8]
Citations
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Place Names Register Extract for Davenport". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Davenport (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Davenport Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- 1 2 "Davenport". Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- 1 2 "Division of Barkly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Jervois (nearest weather station that has current data)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- 1 2 3 "Davenport". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- 1 2 "Localities within Barkly South sub-region (CP 5086)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ↑ "Northern Territory Pastoral Districts". Northern Territory Government. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ↑ "Barrow Creek Hotel". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 11 April 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ↑ "Barrow Creek Telegraph Station". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 19 October 2002. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- ↑ "Neutral Junction Homestead (Old)". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 24 February 2001. Retrieved 5 February 2020.