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Ti-Tree Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 22°08′02″S 133°24′50″E / 22.1338°S 133.414°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 88 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 15 May 1981 (town) 4 April 2007 (locality)[3][1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 0872[4] | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 488 m (1,601 ft)(airport)[5] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
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LGA(s) | Central Desert Region[1] | ||||||||||||||
Territory electorate(s) | Stuart[6] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Lingiari[7] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities[9] |
Ti-Tree (formerly Tea Tree and Ti Tree) is a town and locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located on the Stuart Highway about 1,109 kilometres (689 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin[1][4] and about 193 km north[citation needed] of the municipal seat in Alice Springs.
At the 2021 census, Ti-Tree had a population of 88.[2] It is the closest town to Alice Springs. The area around Ti-Tree has a population of 995 people of whom 191 are non-Aboriginal. The population is distributed between the 11 cattle stations, 6 Aboriginal outstations including Utopia, Ti-Tree township, Barrow Creek community and the agricultural produce farms of Ti-Tree Farm, Central Australian Produce Farm and the Territory Grape Farm. The area is an emerging centre for grapes and melons due to its year-round sunshine and abundant underground water supply.