Hugh, Northern Territory
| Hugh Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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  Hugh | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 24°20′38″S 133°36′36″E / 24.3438°S 133.61°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 865 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.09041/km2 (0.23415/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0872 [3] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 9,568 km2 (3,694.2 sq mi)[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 1,328 km (825 mi) S of Darwin City[3] | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | MacDonnell Region[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Namatjira[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari[6] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[8][9] | ||||||||||||||
Hugh is a locality in the Northern Territory, Australia, located about 1,328 kilometres (825 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][3]
The locality consists of the following land from north to south – the Owen Springs, the Orange Creek and the Maryvale pastoral leases.[10][8][9]
The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. It is named after the river which flows through the locality and which was named as a creek by John McDouall Stuart in 1860 after a Hugh Chambers. It fully surrounds the community of Titjikala. As of 2020, it has an area of 9,568 square kilometres (3,694 sq mi).[1][4]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Hugh had 865 people living within its boundaries of which 687 (78.9%) identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”[2]
Hugh is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region.[6][5][8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Place Names Register Extract for Hugh". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hugh (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Hugh Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Hugh". Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Division of Namatjira". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Localities within McDonnell Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Localities within the Alice Springs Sub-region (CP5075)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 29 November 2006. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Northern Territory Pastoral Districts". Northern Territory Government. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
