Newcastle Waters

This article is about the town and locality. For the pastoral lease, see Newcastle Waters Station.

Newcastle Waters
Northern Territory
Newcastle Waters, ca. 1905
Newcastle Waters is located in Northern Territory
Newcastle Waters
Newcastle Waters
Coordinates17°21′58″S 133°24′05″E / 17.366°S 133.4015°E / -17.366; 133.4015[1]
Population64 (2016 census)[2]
Established9 January 1964 (town)
4 April 2007 (locality)[3][1]
Postcode(s)0862[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location
LGA(s)Barkly Regional Council
Territory electorate(s)Barkly[5]
Federal division(s)Lingiari[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
34.5 °C
94 °F		 19.1 °C
66 °F		 601.8 mm
23.7 in
Localities around Newcastle Waters:
Pamayu Pamayu Pamayu
Pamayu Newcastle Waters Pamayu
Pamayu Pamayu Pamayu
FootnotesAdjoining localities[8]

Newcastle Waters is a town and locality off the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory. It is classified as a ghost town that contains a number of preserved historic buildings, including Jones's Store and the Junction Hotel.[9]

  1. ^ a b "Place Names Register Extract for Newscastle Waters (locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Newcastle Waters (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 21 December 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "Place Names Register Extract for Newscastle Waters (village)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Postcode for Newcastle Waters, Northern Territory". Postcodes Australia. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Electoral boundaries 2016, Electorate of Barkly" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Map of the FEDERAL ELECTORAL DIVISION OF LINGIARI" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. February 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  7. ^ a b c "Summary statistics Elliott (nearest weather station)". Bureau of Meteorology, Australian government. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  8. ^ "Barkly Shire - Locality Names / Boundaries" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Newcastle Waters Historic Township". Discover Central Australia. Retrieved 3 December 2018.