Pamayu, Northern Territory

Pamayu
Northern Territory
Pamayu is located in Northern Territory
Pamayu
Pamayu
Coordinates17°36′05″S 134°08′40″E / 17.6013°S 134.1444°E / -17.6013; 134.1444[1]
Population33 (2016 census)[2]
Established4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)0862[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location725 km (450 mi) SE of Darwin City
LGA(s)Barkly Region[1]
Territory electorate(s)Barkly[4]
Federal division(s)Lingiari[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
34.5 °C
94 °F		 19.1 °C
66 °F		 601.8 mm
23.7 in
Suburbs around Pamayu:
Tanami East Tanami East
Arnolds
Mcarthur		 Mcarthur
Tanami East Pamayu Mcarthur
Creswell
Tablelands
Tanami East Tanami East
Tablelands		 Tablelands
FootnotesLocations[3]
Adjoining localities[7][8][a]

Pamayu is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 725 kilometres (450 mi) south-east of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][3]

The locality’s name which is pronounced as "Bama-yu" is derived from the local Djingli aboriginal people’s name for the site where the Powell Creek Telegraph Station was located. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007 and fully surrounds the localities of Elliott and Newcastle Waters. Its boundary with the locality of Elliott was amended on 20 January 2016.[7][1][9]

The Stuart Highway and the Adelaide-Darwin Railway both pass from south to north on the western side of the locality.[7]

Pamayu includes the following places that have been listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register – the Powell Creek Telegraph Station and the Ucharonidge Station No. 1 Bore & Windmill.[10][11]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Pamayu had 33 people living within its boundaries.[2]

Pamayu is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.[5][4][8]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Place Names Register Extract for Pamayu". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Pamayu (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 April 2019. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b c "Pamayu Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ELLIOT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d "Pamayu". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Localities within Barkly Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  9. ^ Lewis, Tom. "Place Names Act, Change of Boundaries, Elliott and Pamayu" (PDF). Northern Territory Government Gazette. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Powell Creek Telegraph Station". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 20 December 2000. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Ucharonidge Station No. 1 Bore & Windmill". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2019.


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