Mereenie, Northern Territory

Mereenie
Northern Territory
Mereenie is located in Northern Territory
Mereenie
Mereenie
Coordinates23°53′39″S 131°49′34″E / 23.8943°S 131.826°E / -23.8943; 131.826[1]
Population30 (2016 census)[2]
 • Density0.0061/km2 (0.0157/sq mi)
Established4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)0872[3]
Area4,951 km2 (1,911.6 sq mi)[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location
LGA(s)MacDonnell Region[1]
Territory electorate(s)Stuart[5]
Federal division(s)Lingiari[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
30.7 °C
87 °F		 15.6 °C
60 °F		 303.6 mm
12 in
Suburbs around Mereenie:
Lake Mackay Lake Mackay
Kunparrka
Mount Zeil		 Mount Zeil
Lake Mackay Mereenie Mount Zeil
Namatjira
Areyonga
Namatjira
Petermann Petermann Petermann
FootnotesLocations[3][8]
Adjoining localities[9][10]

Mereenie is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is about 250 km west of Alice Springs[8] and northeast of Uluru. It is on the "Inner Mereenie Loop" road which was completed as a sealed road in 2016 providing access for caravans and two-wheel-drive vehicles.[11]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Mereenie had 30 people living within its boundaries.[2]

Mereenie is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Stuart and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region.[6][5][10]

  1. ^ a b c "Place Names Register Extract for Mereeenie (locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mereenie (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 January 2020. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b c "Mereenie Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Mereeenie". Australias Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Division of Namatjira". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary WATARRKA (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  8. ^ a b Beavan, Katrina (26 February 2018). "Northern Territory's largest onshore gas producer to increase exploration". NT Country Hour. ABC News. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Mereenie". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  10. ^ a b "MacDonnell Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  11. ^ Chlanda, Erwin (4 June 2017). "Will Loop Road take Alice back to tourism top?". Alice Springs News Online. Retrieved 18 December 2018.