Robin Falls, Northern Territory Explained

Type:suburb
Robin Falls
State:nt
Coordinates:-13.3673°N 131.1287°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Pop:13
Established:4 April 2007
Postcode:0822[2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Dist1:103
Dir1:S
Location1:Darwin City
Lga:unincorporated area
Stategov:Daly[3]
Fedgov:Lingiari[4]
Maxtemp:33.7
Maxtemp Footnotes:[5]
Mintemp:21.2
Rainfall:1564.4
Near-Ne:Margaret River
Near-E:Margaret River
Douglas-Daly
Near-W:Litchfield Park
Tipperary
Near-Nw:Litchfield Park
Near:Robin Falls
Footnotes:Locations
Adjoining localities[6] [7]

Robin Falls is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located on the Cox Peninsula and adjoining land about south of the territory capital of Darwin.[1] [2]

The locality was named after Robin Falls, a waterfall located within its boundaries and which is reported as being named by Clyde Fenton, a North Territory medical practitioner and pilot, after Robin Cook, the “daughter of Dr M Cook, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Protector of Aboriginals from 1927 to 1939”. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[6] [1]

Robin Falls includes the site of a former World War II era chemical warfare facility which was listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register on 2 March 2011 under the name of the WWII 88 Mile Burrell Creek Chemical Warfare Depot and Camp.[8]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Robin Falls had 13 people living within its boundaries.

Robin Falls is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Daly and within the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory.[4] [3] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Place Names Register Extract for Robin Falls . NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 23 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Robin Falls Postcode. postcode-finders.com.au . 23 April 2019.
  3. Web site: Division of Daly . Northern Territory Electoral Commission. 18 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Federal electoral division of Lingiari. Australian Electoral Commission. 18 April 2019.
  5. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics BATCHELOR AIRPORT (nearest weather station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 23 April 2019.
  6. Web site: Robin Falls . NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory . Northern Territory Government . 23 April 2019.
  7. Web site: Localities within Un-Incorporated area (map) . Northern Territory Government . 23 April 2019. 29 October 1997.
  8. Web site: WWII 88 Mile Burrell Creek Chemical Warfare Depot and Camp . Heritage Register . Northern Territory Government . 23 April 2019 . 2 March 2011. (located at) 2301 Dorat Road, Robin Falls .