Warumunga, Northern Territory
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  Warumunga | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 20°08′16″S 133°52′28″E / 20.1379°S 133.8744°E[1] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 39,870 km2 (15,390 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 146 (SAL 2021)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0852[6] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 32.0 °C (89.6 °F)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 19.0 °C (66.2 °F)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 473.1 mm (18.63 in)[7] | ||||||||||||
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| Locations[6] Adjoining localities[9][10][a] | |||||||||||||
Warumunga is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 902 kilometres (560 mi) south-east of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][6]
The locality’s name derived from the "Warumungu Land Trust" [sic], which make up a large part of the locality. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[9][1] As of 2020, it has an area of 39,870 square kilometres (15,390 sq mi).[8]
The 2016 Australian census reports that Warumunga had 157 people living within its boundaries, of which 112 (69.6%) identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.[11] The population fell to 146 in the 2021 census.[12]
Warumunga is located within the federal Division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.[3][2][10]
See also
References
Notes
- ^ The locality of Warumunga fully surrounds the locality of Tennant Creek[9]
Citations
- ^ a b c d e "Place Names Register Extract for Warumunga". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Warumungu (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Warumungu (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "Warumunga Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Warumungu". Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Warumunga". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Localities within Barkly Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Warumunga (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "2021 Warumungu, Census All persons QuickStats". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
