Electoral division of Gwoja explained

Gwoja
State:nt
Created:2020
Mp:Chansey Paech
Mp-Party:Labor
Namesake:Gwoya Tjungurrayi
Electors:5313
Electors Year:2020
Area:427605
Class:Remote
Near-N:Daly
Near-Ne:Barkly
Near-Nw:Timor Sea
Near-S:Giles
(SA)
Near-Se:Giles
(SA)
Near-Sw:North West Central
(WA)
Near-E:Barkly
Namatjira
Near-W:Kimberley
(WA)

Gwoja is an electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in a 2019 redistribution for the 2020 general election, replacing the electoral division of Stuart.[1]

The division is named after Gwoya Tjungurrayi, a Walpiri-Anmatyerre man who survived the Coniston massacre in 1928, and was depicted on an Australian postage stamp. His likeness was also the inspiration for the Aboriginal elder depicted on the reverse of the Australian two-dollar coin.[2] [3]

When the seat was first contested in 2020, the seat was won by incumbent Namatjira Labor MLA Chansey Paech, who transferred here after his seat was made a notional CLP seat in a redistribution.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gwoja . ABC Elections . ABC . 20 July 2020.
  2. News: The face of the $2 coin may gain further recognition . 20 July 2020 . ABC News . 18 March 2019 . en-AU.
  3. Web site: Division of Gwoja . NTEC . 14 November 2019 . 18 March 2021.