Wagait Beach

Wagait Beach
Northern Territory
View over the ocean with sand, rocks, and part of a casuarina tree in the foreground
Rocks at Imaluk Beach
Wagait Beach is located in Northern Territory
Wagait Beach
Wagait Beach
Coordinates12°26′03″S 130°44′32″E / 12.434041°S 130.742309°E / -12.434041; 130.742309[1]
Population461 (2016 census)[2]
Postcode(s)0822
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location128 km (80 mi) from Darwin
LGA(s)Wagait Shire
Territory electorate(s)Daly[3]
Federal division(s)Lingiari[4]
Mean max temp[5] Mean min temp[5] Annual rainfall[5]
32.0 °C
90 °F		 23.2 °C
74 °F		 1,725.1 mm
67.9 in
Localities around Wagait Beach:
Darwin Harbour Darwin Harbour Darwin Harbour
Cox Peninsula Wagait Beach Mandorah
Cox Peninsula Cox Peninsula Mandorah
FootnotesAdjoining localities[6]

Wagait Beach is a locality approximately 8 km west of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, on the opposite side of the harbour. It makes up the Wagait Shire local government area. The population was 422 in 2021.[2] Wagait Beach is not part of Darwin, but many of its residents use the Mandorah ferry to travel to work in Darwin.

Wagait Beach is on the north coast of the Cox Peninsula, which forms the western side of Darwin Harbour. It is part of the Hundred of Bray, as surveyed by George Goyder in 1869–70.[7] "Wagait" (also spelled "Waugite") is a local Aboriginal language word meaning beach or salt water country. It also refers to the people from that country: i.e., salt water people.

  1. ^ "Place Names Register Extract for Wagait Beach". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wagait Beach (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 July 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics DARWIN AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Wagait Beach". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  7. ^ Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment (2003). Mangrove Mapping Charles Point (PDF) (Map). Northern Territory Government, Darwin. Retrieved 6 April 2015.