Elliott, Northern Territory
Elliott is a town in Northern Territory of Australia. It is almost halfway between Darwin and Alice Springs on the Stuart Highway. The town is in the Yapurkulangu ward of the Barkly Region. The area is the home of the Jingili people and the traditional name of the town is Kulumindini. At the 2016 census, Elliott had a population of 339.[2]
| Elliott Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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  Elliott | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°33′10″S 133°32′27″E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 339 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1 May 1947 (town) 4 April 2007[3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0862[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 220 m (722 ft)[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Barkly Region[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Barkly[7] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Lingiari[8] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[9][10] | ||||||||||||||
The town began at the site of Number 8 Bore on Newcastle Waters Station as an Australian Army camp during World War II. It is named after Army Captain R.D (Snow) Elliott MBE.
Elliott is on the edge of the Newcastle Waters Station and is 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Newcastle Waters, a town near the station homestead and at the junction of three important stockroutes. It lies close to the seasonal Lake Woods.
Elliott is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.[8][7][4]
Notable people
- The members of the Kulumindini Band.
- Jake Neade, an AFL footballer.
Climate
| Climate data for Elliott | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 45.8 (114.4) |
44.9 (112.8) |
42.5 (108.5) |
40.3 (104.5) |
38.5 (101.3) |
36.4 (97.5) |
36.2 (97.2) |
38.6 (101.5) |
42.0 (107.6) |
44.4 (111.9) |
45.0 (113.0) |
46.5 (115.7) |
46.5 (115.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 37.5 (99.5) |
36.7 (98.1) |
35.7 (96.3) |
34.5 (94.1) |
31.4 (88.5) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.4 (83.1) |
31.3 (88.3) |
35.4 (95.7) |
38.0 (100.4) |
39.1 (102.4) |
38.7 (101.7) |
34.6 (94.3) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 24.1 (75.4) |
23.8 (74.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
19.5 (67.1) |
15.9 (60.6) |
12.4 (54.3) |
11.2 (52.2) |
13.3 (55.9) |
17.4 (63.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.4 (74.1) |
24.4 (75.9) |
19.0 (66.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 16.0 (60.8) |
16.2 (61.2) |
12.2 (54.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
6.6 (43.9) |
2.5 (36.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
1.8 (35.2) |
7.2 (45.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
12.3 (54.1) |
14.4 (57.9) |
1.5 (34.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 135.8 (5.35) |
160.4 (6.31) |
85.0 (3.35) |
23.8 (0.94) |
7.4 (0.29) |
4.9 (0.19) |
3.0 (0.12) |
1.1 (0.04) |
6.0 (0.24) |
23.3 (0.92) |
46.2 (1.82) |
95.4 (3.76) |
604.3 (23.79) |
| Average rainy days | 10.1 | 10.2 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 8.2 | 49.7 |
| Source: Bureau of Meteorology[6] | |||||||||||||
References
- "Place Names Register Extract for "Elliott" (town)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Elliott (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2016 Census QuickStats.
- Driver, A.R. (1 May 1947). "THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA, Nomenclature (Public Places) Ordinance 1945". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette (79). Australia. p. 1233. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
Elliott — The township on the Stuart Highway about 483 miles from Darwin and about 471 miles from Alice Springs
- "Place Names Register Extract for "Elliott" (locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- "Elliot Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- "Elliott". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- "Elliot". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- "Localities within Barkly Shire (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.