Tanami, Northern Territory Explained

Type:suburb
Tanami
State:nt
Coordinates:-19.8409°N 130.6861°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Pop:73
Established:4 April 2007
Postcode:0872[2]
Area:70407
Area Footnotes:[3]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Dist1:844
Dir1:S
Location1:Darwin City
Lga:Central Desert Region
Stategov:Gwoja[4]
Fedgov:Lingiari[5]
Maxtemp:33.9
Maxtemp Footnotes:[6]
Mintemp:16.6
Rainfall:473.5
Near-N:Buchanan
Gurindji
Near-Ne:Tanami East
Near-E:Tanami East
Warumungu
Anmatyerre
Near-S:Lake Mackay
Chilla Well
Near-Sw:Western Australia
Near-W:Western Australia
Near-Nw:Western Australia
Footnotes:Locations
Adjoining localities[7] [8]

Tanami is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south of the territory capital of Darwin on the border with the state of Western Australia.[1] [2]

The locality consists of the following land in the south-west portion of the Tanami Desert:

  1. The following land along the Western Australian border (from north to south) - the Yingualyalya Aboriginal Land Trust, the Purta Aboriginal Land Trust, the Mount Frederick Aboriginal Land Trust, the Mount Frederick (No. 2) Aboriginal Land Trust, the Mangkururrpa Aboriginal Land Trust and the Yiningarra Aboriginal Land Trust.
  2. the Suplejack pastoral lease and
  3. the portion of the Central Desert Aboriginal Land Trust located to the immediate east of the above parcels of land.[9] [10]

The word Tanami, which is believed to an Aboriginal word whose meaning is not known, was first used by the prospector, Alan Davidson, in 1889 or 1890. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[7] [1]

The Tanami Road passes through the locality from Yuendumu in the south to the north-west on its way to Halls Creek connecting to places such as The Granites gold mine and the former Rabbit Flat roadhouse.

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Tanami had 73 people living within its boundaries.

Tanami is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Stuart and the local government area of the Central Desert Region.[5] [4] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Place Names Register Extract for Tanami . NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 3 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Tanami East Postcode. postcode-finders.com.au . 3 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Tanami . Australia's Guide . Australia's Guide Pty Ltd. . 18 January 2020.
  4. Web site: Division of Stuart. Northern Territory Electoral Commission. 3 June 2019.
  5. Web site: Federal electoral division of Lingiari. Australian Electoral Commission. 3 June 2019.
  6. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics RABBIT FLAT (nearest weather station with recent published data) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 4 October 2019.
  7. Web site: Tanami . NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory . Northern Territory Government . 3 June 2019.
  8. Web site: Localities within Central Desert Shire (sic) (map) . Northern Territory Government . 3 June 2019. 2 April 2007 .
  9. Web site: Localities within the Tanami sub-region (CP 5083) . NT Place Names Register . Northern Territory Government . 13 January 2020.
  10. Web site: Northern Territory Pastoral Properties . 2003. 13 January 2020. Northern Territory Government. https://web.archive.org/web/20150409202959/http://pitac.org.au/wp-content/documents2/Part_B_Checklist/4._NT_Pastoral_Map_June_2013.pdf. 9 April 2015. dmy-all.

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