Delamere, Northern Territory Explained
Delamere is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia about south of the territory capital of Darwin.[1] [2]
The locality consists of the following land (from north to south):[7] [9]
- The Aroona and Scott Creek pastoral leases,
- The Willeroo, Mathison Station, Stapleton Station and Dixie Station pastoral leases, and
- The Delamere pastoral lease, the Delamere Air Weapons Range and land identified as NT Portion 2119.
As of 2020, it has an area of .[3]
The locality's boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from the Delamere Station and ultimately from the name of the South Australian home of Dr WJ Browne, a former leaseholder.[1]
The Victoria Highway passes through the locality from the Stuart Highway in the east to the Western Australian border in the west. The Buntine Highway passes through the locality from the south and terminates at the Victoria Highway near the Willeroo homestead.[9] [8]
The Delamere Air Weapons Range occupies land in the locality's south-east corner on the east side of the Buntine Highway.[10] The following aboriginal communities are located within Delamere – Djarrung which is located on Scott Creek Station in the locality's north and Dillinya which is located in NT Portion 2119 in the locality's south-east.[11] [12] [13]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Delamere had a population of 37 people.
Delamere is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Stuart and the local government area of the Victoria Daly Region.[5] [4] [1]
Notes and References
- Web site: Place Names Register Extract for Delamere (locality). NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 6 March 2020.
- Web site: Delamere Postcode. postcode-finders.com.au . 7 March 2020.
- Web site: Delamere. Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd.. 7 March 2020.
- Web site: Division of Namatjira. Northern Territory Electoral Commission. 7 March 2020. 20 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200320144619/https://ntec.nt.gov.au/Electoral-divisions/division-profiles/division-profiles/division-of-stuart. dead.
- Web site: Federal electoral division of Lingiari. Australian Electoral Commission. 7 March 2020.
- Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Delamere Weapons Range (nearest weather station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 7 March 2020.
- Web site: Delamere. NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory . Northern Territory Government . 7 March 2020.
- Web site: Localities within Victoria River sub-region (CP 5096) . NT Place Names Register . Northern Territory Government . 6 March 2020.
- Web site: Northern Territory Pastoral Properties . 2003. 6 March 2020. Northern Territory Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20150409202959/http://pitac.org.au/wp-content/documents2/Part_B_Checklist/4._NT_Pastoral_Map_June_2013.pdf. 9 April 2015. dmy-all.
- Web site: Delamere Air Weapons Range Redevelopment, Delamere Air Weapons Range, Northern Territory, Statement of Evidence to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works . Australian Government, Department of Defence . 7 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190522180817/https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=a161f73f-e557-43e0-ab01-213770a2b798&subId=402473 . 22 May 2019 . Canberra, Australian Capital Territory . 35, i.e. Attachment 1 . August 2015 . Attachment 1 is a site plan.
- Web site: Place Names Register Extract for Djarrung (Aboriginal Community). NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 6 March 2020.
- Web site: Place Names Register Extract for Delamere (Aboriginal Community). NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 6 March 2020.
- Web site: House of Representatives, Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs . Parliament of Australia . Commonwealth of Australia . 7 March 2020 . 2/14 . 4 May 1999.
