Wak Wak, Northern Territory Explained

Type:suburb
Wak Wak
City:Darwin
State:nt
Coordinates:-12.6664°N 131.2429°W
Coord Ref:[1]
Local Map:yes
Zoom:11
Pop:0
Established:4 April 2007
Postcode:0830[2]
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30
Dist1:55
Dir1:E
Location1:Darwin
Lga:Litchfield Municipality
Stategov:Nelson[3]
Fedgov:Lingiari[4]
Maxtemp:32.1
Maxtemp Footnotes:[5]
Mintemp:23.2
Rainfall:1725.1
Near-Nw:Humpty Doo
Near-N:Lambells Lagoon
Near-Ne:Middle Point
Near-E:Marrakai
Near-Se:Marrakai
Near-S:Daly
Near-Sw:Acacia Hills
Near-W:Lloyd Creek
Near:Wak Wak
Footnotes:Adjoining suburbs[6] [7]

Wak Wak is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about east of the territory capital of Darwin.[2]

The locality is named for the local Aboriginal word for 'crow'.[1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Wak Wak had no people living within its boundaries.

Wak Wak is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Nelson and the local government area of the Litchfield Municipality.[4] [3] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Place Names Register Extract for "Wak Wak" (locality) . NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 3 January 2022.
  2. Web site: Shoal Bay Postcode. postcode-finders.com.au . 3 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Division of Nelson . Northern Territory Electoral Commission. 1 May 2019.
  4. Web site: Federal electoral division of Lingiari. Australian Electoral Commission. 1 May 2019.
  5. Web site: Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics DARWIN AIRPORT (nearest weather station) . Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. 1 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Wak Wak. NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory . Northern Territory Government . 3 January 2022.
  7. Web site: Litchfield Municipality Localities . Place Names Committee . Northern Territory Government . 30 April 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190430080947/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/404774/LitchfieldA3map.pdf . 30 April 2019 .