Simpson, Northern Territory

Simpson
Northern Territory
Simpson is located in Northern Territory
Simpson
Simpson
Coordinates24°56′04″S 136°42′00″E / 24.9344°S 136.7°E / -24.9344; 136.7[1]
Population1 (2016 census)[2]
 • Density00/km2 (0/sq mi)
Established4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)0872[3]
Area50,089 km2 (19,339.5 sq mi)[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location
LGA(s)MacDonnell Shire[1]
Territory electorate(s)Namatjira[6]
Federal division(s)Lingiari[7]
Mean max temp[8] Mean min temp[8] Annual rainfall[8]
32.0 °C
90 °F		 16.7 °C
62 °F		 199.3 mm
7.8 in
Suburbs around Simpson:
Anatye
Hale		 Anatye Queensland
Hale
Ghan		 Simpson Queensland
South Australia South Australia South Australia
FootnotesAdjoining localities [5]

Simpson is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 1,427 kilometres (887 mi) south-east of the territory capital of Darwin and about 360 kilometres (220 mi) south-east of the municipal seat in Alice Springs in the territory's south-east corner adjoining the states of Queensland and South Australia.[5][1]

The locality consists of the following land (from north to south and then from west to east):[9][10]

  1. Land described as NT Portions 4208, 4918 and 7065
  2. The Pmer Ulpere Ingwemirne Arletherre Aboriginal Land Trust and land described as NT Portions 4209 and 4917.

As of 2020, it has an area of 50,089 square kilometres (19,339 sq mi).[4]

The locality's boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from the Simpson Desert which was named in 1929 by C. T. Madigan after Alfred Allen Simpson, who was president of the South Australian Branch of the Royal Geographical Society.[1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Simpson had no people living within its boundaries.[2]

Simpson is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region.[7][6][5]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Search results for 'Simpson (Locality)'". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Simpson (NT) (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 March 2020. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "Simpson Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Simpson". Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d "Simpson". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. February 2005. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Division of Namatjira". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics Bedourie (Queensland) (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Northern Territory Pastoral Districts". Northern Territory Government. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Localities within the Petermann-Simpson sub-region (CP 5080)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 12 March 2020.