| Tortilla Flats Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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  Tortilla Flats Location in Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°05′50.3″S 131°10′40.1″E / 13.097306°S 131.177806°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 14 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0845 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Coomalie Shire | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Daly | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining suburbs[2][3] | ||||||||||||||
Tortilla Flats is a rural locality in the Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia. It is located approximately 105 kilometres (65 mi) south east of the Territory capital Darwin. The locality is named after a farm established in 1958 by the Australian Government to conduct agricultural experiments.[4] It was also the site of an artillery and weapons range used by Australian and US forces during the Second World War. The land surrounding the locality is sparsely populated and mainly set aside for pastoral uses.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tortilla Flats (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Tortilla Flats". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Coomalie Community Council Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ NT Place Names Register Tortilla Flats, Northern Territory Government
