Robin Falls is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located on the Cox Peninsula and adjoining land about 103 kilometres (64 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.[2][4]
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.[8][2]
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.[9]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Robin Falls had 13 people living within its boundaries.[3]
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.[6][5][1]
References
- ^ a b c "Localities within Un-Incorporated area (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 29 October 1997. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Place Names Register Extract for Robin Falls". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Robin Falls (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Robin Falls Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics BATCHELOR AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Robin Falls". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ "WWII 88 Mile Burrell Creek Chemical Warfare Depot and Camp". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
(located at) 2301 Dorat Road, Robin Falls
