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Middle Point is an administrative locality in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Middle Point Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Middle Point Antenna Farm or Department of Defence Transmitting Station | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 12°35′56″S 131°19′34″E / 12.599°S 131.3261°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 58 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Established | 29 July 1998[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 0822[3] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 53 km (33 mi) E of Darwin City | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Litchfield Municipality[1] | ||||||||||||||
Territory electorate(s) | Goyder[4] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Lingiari[5] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Locations[3] Adjoining suburbs[6][7] |
This locality derives its name from the ridge of fertile land sticking into the edge of the coastal plains of the Adelaide River.
Some features of this locality are
- a former CSIRO Research Station,
- a school (the Middle Point School)[1],
- a Department of Defence Transmitting Station [2],
- assorted farms,
- Harrison Dam [3],
- Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve
- and was the home of the failed Humpty Doo Rice Project [4].
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Middle Point had 58 people living within its boundaries.[2]
Middle Point is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Goyder and the local government area of the Litchfield Municipality.[5][4][7]
Climate
editClimate data for Middle Point (2001–2024) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 40.9 (105.6) |
39.0 (102.2) |
39.2 (102.6) |
39.2 (102.6) |
37.0 (98.6) |
36.1 (97.0) |
35.8 (96.4) |
37.8 (100.0) |
40.0 (104.0) |
42.7 (108.9) |
42.5 (108.5) |
43.1 (109.6) |
43.1 (109.6) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 34.2 (93.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.3 (93.7) |
34.1 (93.4) |
32.1 (89.8) |
30.1 (86.2) |
30.5 (86.9) |
32.4 (90.3) |
36.0 (96.8) |
37.8 (100.0) |
37.6 (99.7) |
35.7 (96.3) |
34.1 (93.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 24.3 (75.7) |
24.1 (75.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
20.7 (69.3) |
17.3 (63.1) |
14.1 (57.4) |
13.4 (56.1) |
14.7 (58.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.0 (77.0) |
24.8 (76.6) |
20.4 (68.7) |
Record low °C (°F) | 18.4 (65.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.1 (52.0) |
6.0 (42.8) |
3.7 (38.7) |
3.2 (37.8) |
4.3 (39.7) |
8.7 (47.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
14.3 (57.7) |
18.1 (64.6) |
3.2 (37.8) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 270.4 (10.65) |
224.2 (8.83) |
172.6 (6.80) |
39.7 (1.56) |
2.3 (0.09) |
0.7 (0.03) |
0.1 (0.00) |
1.4 (0.06) |
6.0 (0.24) |
26.2 (1.03) |
88.8 (3.50) |
232.7 (9.16) |
1,068.2 (42.06) |
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 15.5 | 12.8 | 10.1 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 12.5 | 63.9 |
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology[8] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Place Names Register Extract for "Middle Point"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Middle Point (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Middle Point Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Division of Goyder". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Middle Point". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Climate statistics for Australian locations- MIDDLE POINT". 8 July 2024.