Middle Point, Northern Territory
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| Middle Point Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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 Middle Point Antenna Farm or Department of Defence Transmitting Station | |||||||||||||||
  Middle Point | |||||||||||||||
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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] | ||||||||||||||
Middle Point is an administrative locality in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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
[edit]| Climate 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.
