Little Desert, Victoria Explained

Type:	suburb
Little Desert
State:	VIC
Pop:	5
Pop Footnotes:	^[1]
Est:	1998^[2]
Postcode:	3418^[3]
Timezone:	AEST
Utc:	+10
Timezone-Dst:	AEDT
Utc-Dst:	+11
Dist1:	333
Dir1:	north-west
Location1:	Melbourne
Dist2:	17
Dir2:	south
Maxtemp:	22.5
Mintemp:	8.7
Rainfall:	327.1
Coordinates:	-36.4937°N 141.7522°W
Near-N:	Nhill Kiata Gerang Gerang Dimboola
Near-Ne:	Dimboola
Near-Se:	Pimpinio
Near-S:	Goroke Nurcoung Duchembegarra
Near-Sw:	Peronne
Near-W:	Lawloit Peronne
Footnotes:	Coordinates Locations Climate^[4] Adjoining localities^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Little Desert is a locality in the Australian state of Victoria located about north-west of the state capital of Melbourne and about south of the municipal seat of Nhill.^[3] At the 2016 census, Little Desert had a population of 5.^[1] The locality's name and extent was registered on 23 July 1998.^[8] The principal land use is conservation with the majority of the locality being occupied by the Little Desert National Park.^[5]

See also

• Big Desert, Victoria

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2016 Census QuickStats Little Desert . Australian Bureau of Statistics . 16 March 2019.
2. Web site: Search result for "Little Desert (LOCB)" (VicmapID 205407437) . VICNAMES, the register of geographic names . Government of Victoria . 24 March 2017.
3. Web site: Postcode for Little Desert, Victoria . 24 March 2017.
4. Web site: Summary (climate) Summary statistics NHILL AERODROME (nearest weather station). Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 24 March 2017.
5. Web site: Shire of Hindmarsh, Locality (Suburb)Names and Boundaries . Locality names and boundary maps . Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, State Government of Victoria . 21 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170410225236/http://www.dtpli.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/286597/HindmarshV46_Oct-2015.pdf . 10 April 2017 . dead .
6. Web site: Horsham Rural City, town and rural district names and boundaries . Locality names and boundary maps . Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, State Government of Victoria . 24 March 2017.
7. Web site: West Wimmera Shire, Town and Rural District Names and Boundaries . https://web.archive.org/web/20151018013049/http://www.dtpli.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/218368/West_Wimmera_V45b.pdf . dead . 18 October 2015 . Locality names and boundary maps . Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, State Government of Victoria . 21 March 2017 .
8. Survey Co-ordination Act 1958, Place Names Committee, Notice of Assignment of Place Names . The Victoria Government Gazette . G29 . 23 July 1998 . 18–20 . 24 March 2017 . Government of South Australia.