Point Stuart, Northern Territory

Point Stuart
Northern Territory
Point Stuart is located in Northern Territory
Point Stuart
Point Stuart
Coordinates12°33′40″S 131°52′23″E / 12.561°S 131.873°E / -12.561; 131.873[2]
Population22 (2016 census)[3]
Established4 April 2007[2]
Postcode(s)0822[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location100 km (62 mi) E of Darwin City
LGA(s)unincorporated area[1]
Territory electorate(s)Goyder[5]
Federal division(s)Lingiari[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
33.1 °C
92 °F		 20.9 °C
70 °F		 1,434.5 mm
56.5 in
Suburbs around Point Stuart:
Van Diemen Gulf Van Diemen Gulf Van Diemen Gulf
Marrakai Point Stuart Kakadu
Marrakai
Mount Bundey		 Mount Bundey Kakadu
FootnotesLocations[4]
Adjoining localities[8][1]

Point Stuart is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of the territorial capital of Darwin.[2][4]

The locality consists of land bounded in part to the west by the Mary River, in part to the north by the coastline of Van Diemen Gulf, to the east by the Kakadu National Park and in the south by the Arnhem Highway. The locality was named after a feature on the coastline of Van Diemen Gulf which was named in honour of John McDouall Stuart for his successful crossing of the Australian continent in 1862.Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[8][2]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Point Stuart had 22 people living within its boundaries.[3]

Point Stuart is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Goyder and within the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory.[6][5][1]

  1. ^ a b c "Localities within Un-Incorporated area (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 29 October 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Place Names Register Extract for Point Stuart". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Point Stuart (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 May 2019. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ a b c "Point Stuart Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Division of Goyder". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  7. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics MIDDLE POINT RANGERS (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Point Stuart". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 2 May 2019.