Hale, Northern Territory Explained

Type:suburb
Hale
State:nt
Coordinates:-24.2719°N 134.7494°W
Pop:79
Established:3 April 2007
Established Footnotes:[1]
Postcode:0872[2]
Area:21949.382
Area Footnotes:[3]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Dist1:1297
Dir1:S
Location1:Darwin City
Lga:MacDonnell Region
Stategov:Namatjira[4]
Fedgov:Lingiari[5]
Footnotes:Adjoining localities[6] [7]

Hale is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south of the territory capital of Darwin.[1] [2]

The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 3 April 2007. It is named after the Hale River which is in turn named after Mathew Hale. It fully surrounds the Ltyentye Apurte Community. As of 2020, it has an area of .[1] [3]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Hale had 79 people living within its boundaries.

Hale is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region.[5] [4] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Place Names Register Extract for Hale . NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 23 October 2020.
  2. Web site: Hale Postcode. postcode-finders.com.au . 23 October 2020.
  3. Web site: Hale . Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd.. 23 October 2020.
  4. Web site: Division of Namatjira . Northern Territory Electoral Commission. 12 April 2020.
  5. Web site: Federal electoral division of Lingiari. Australian Electoral Commission. 12 April 2020.
  6. Web site: Localities within McDonnell Shire (sic) (map) . Northern Territory Government . 12 April 2020. 2 April 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324213314/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/404775/MacDonnellA3map2_000.pdf. 24 March 2018 .
  7. Web site: Localities within the Alice Springs Sub-region (CP5075). NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20190401055148/http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/hpa-services/surveyplans?planname=CP%2F5075. 29 November 2006. 1 April 2019. 12 April 2020. live.