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| Mataranka Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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  Mataranka | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 14°57′18″S 133°03′04″E / 14.9549°S 133.0512°E [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 350 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 24 May 1928 (town) 4 April 2007 (locality)[3][1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0852 | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Roper Gulf Region | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Barkly[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[7][8] | ||||||||||||||
Mataranka is a town and locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 420 km (260 mi.) southeast of the territory capital of Darwin, and 107 km (66 mi.) south of Katherine. At the 2016 census, Mataranka recorded a population of 350. 29.5% of residents are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
The town is located near Roper River and Mataranka Hot Springs. This area is the setting for Jeannie Gunn's autobiographical account of the year 1902, We of the Never Never. The homestead, which she shared with her husband, Aeneas Gunn, until his death, has been reconstructed near to the hot springs.
The Mataranka Station is part of the Katherine Rural College of Charles Darwin University.
- ^ a b "Place Names Register Extract for Mataranka (locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mataranka (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ Howse, Neville (24 May 1928). "PROCLAMATION (re the Town of Mataranka)". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 48. Australia. p. 991. Retrieved 27 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Summary statistics LARRIMAH (nearest weather station)". Bureau of Meteorology, Australian government. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Mataranka (locality)". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. February 2005. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ "Roper Gulf Shire (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
