Kilgariff, Northern Territory Explained

Type:suburb
Kilgariff
City:Alice Springs
State:nt
Coordinates:-23.7751°N 133.8857°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Relief:1
Pop:349
Pop Footnotes:(part only)
Established:24 July 2013
Established Footnotes:[2]
Postcode:0873[3]
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12
Elevation:546
Elevation Footnotes:(airport)
Area:10.1
Area Footnotes:[4]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Dist1:1290
Dir1:S
Location1:Darwin
Dist2:7
Dir2:S
Location2:Alice Springs
Lga:Town of Alice Springs
Stategov:Braitling[5]
Fedgov:Lingiari[6]
Maxtemp:28.9
Maxtemp Footnotes:[7]
Mintemp:13.3
Rainfall:282.8
Near-N:Ross
Near-Ne:Ross
Near-E:Connellan
Near-Se:Connellan
Near-S:Connellan
Near-Sw:Connellan
Near-W:Ilparpa
Arumbera
Near-Nw:Ilparpa
Footnotes:Adjoining suburbs[8]

Kilgariff is a suburb of Alice Springs located in the Northern Territory of Australia about south of the territory capital of Darwin[3] and about south of the municipal seat in the Alice Springs central business district. Kilgariff is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Braitling and the local government area of the Town of Alice Springs. It is on the traditional Country of the Arrernte people.[9]

History

Kilgariff is situated on the traditional Country of the Arrernte people.[10] [11]

The suburb's name is derived from Bernie Kilgariff, an Alice Springs resident who served as the first Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly at its creation in 1974 and who was elected in 1975 as one of the first two senators elected to represent the Northern Territory in the Australian Senate.

Geography

Kilgariff consists of the land bounded by the Stuart Highway to the west, Roger Vale Drive in part to the south and the watercourse of the Todd River to the north-west. As of 2020, its area was . The land which was formerly part of the suburb of Connellan was created on 24 July 2013.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Place Names Register Extract – Kilgariff . NT Place Names Register . Northern Territory Government . 28 July 2019 . 24 July 2013.
  2. Web site: Chandler . Peter Glen . Place Names Act, NAMING OF PLACE IN ALICE SPRINGS . The Northern Territory Government Gazette . Northern Territory Government . 28 July 2019 . 2 . 24 July 2013 . that a new suburb in Alice Springs be named Kilgariff, as indicated on Compiled Plan 5436..
  3. Web site: Kilgariff Postcode. postcode-finders.com.au . 7 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Kilgariff. Australias Guide Pty Ltd.. 29 January 2020.
  5. Web site: Division of Braitling . Northern Territory Electoral Commission . 28 July 2019 . 28 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190728085803/https://ntec.nt.gov.au/Electoral-divisions/division-profiles/division-profiles/division-of-braitling . dead .
  6. Web site: Federal electoral division of Lingiari. Australian Electoral Commission. 12 June 2019.
  7. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT (nearest weather station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 7 April 2020.
  8. Web site: Suburb of Kilgariff – Alice Springs, (compiled plan) CP 5436 . Northern Territory Government . https://web.archive.org/web/20190318100750/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/404797/Compiled-Plan_CP5436_2011-0024_Kilgariff.pdf. 28 July 2019 . 23 May 2013. 18 March 2019.
  9. Web site: A Brief History . 2024-04-17 . Alice Springs Town Council . en-AU.
  10. Web site: 2019-07-26. C8: Arrernte. 2021-01-25. Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. Federal government. en.
  11. Web site: A Brief History . 2024-04-04 . Alice Springs Town Council . en-AU.
  12. Web site: 5 April 2007. Localities within the Alice Springs Sub-region (CP 5075). 31 January 2020. Northern Territory Government.