Hugh Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 24°20′38″S 133°36′36″E / 24.3438°S 133.61°E [1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 865 ( 2016 census) [2] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.09041/km2 (0.23415/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 4 April 2007 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 0872 [3] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 9,568 km2 (3,694.2 sq mi) [4] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST ( UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 1,328 km (825 mi) S of Darwin City [3] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | MacDonnell Region [1] | ||||||||||||||
Territory electorate(s) | Namatjira [5] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Lingiari [6] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities [8] [9] |
Hugh is a locality in the Northern Territory, Australia, located about 1,328 kilometres (825 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin. [1] [3]
The locality consists of the following land from north to south – the Owen Springs, the Orange Creek and the Maryvale pastoral leases. [10] [8] [9]
The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. It is named after the river which flows through the locality and which was named as a creek by John McDouall Stuart in 1860 after a Hugh Chambers. It fully surrounds the community of Titjikala. As of 2020, it has an area of 9,568 square kilometres (3,694 sq mi). [1] [4]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Hugh had 865 people living within its boundaries of which 687 (78.9%) identified as “ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.” [2]
Hugh is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region. [6] [5] [8]
Hugh Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 24°20′38″S 133°36′36″E / 24.3438°S 133.61°E [1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 865 ( 2016 census) [2] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.09041/km2 (0.23415/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 4 April 2007 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 0872 [3] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 9,568 km2 (3,694.2 sq mi) [4] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST ( UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 1,328 km (825 mi) S of Darwin City [3] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | MacDonnell Region [1] | ||||||||||||||
Territory electorate(s) | Namatjira [5] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Lingiari [6] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities [8] [9] |
Hugh is a locality in the Northern Territory, Australia, located about 1,328 kilometres (825 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin. [1] [3]
The locality consists of the following land from north to south – the Owen Springs, the Orange Creek and the Maryvale pastoral leases. [10] [8] [9]
The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. It is named after the river which flows through the locality and which was named as a creek by John McDouall Stuart in 1860 after a Hugh Chambers. It fully surrounds the community of Titjikala. As of 2020, it has an area of 9,568 square kilometres (3,694 sq mi). [1] [4]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Hugh had 865 people living within its boundaries of which 687 (78.9%) identified as “ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.” [2]
Hugh is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region. [6] [5] [8]