Hart, Northern Territory

Hart
Hart is located in Northern Territory
Hart
Hart
Coordinates: 23°02′06″S 135°06′29″E / 23.0351°S 135.108°E / -23.0351; 135.108[1]
CountryAustralia
StateNorthern Territory
LGA
Location
Established4 April 2007[1]
Government
 • Territory electorate
 • Federal division
Area
 • Total
18,161 km2 (7,012 sq mi)
Elevation
(weather station)[7]
661 m (2,169 ft)
Population
 • Total169 (2016 census)[6]
 • Density0.009306/km2 (0.02410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9:30 (ACST)
Postcode
0872[2]
Mean max temp28.8 °C (83.8 °F)[7]
Mean min temp13.2 °C (55.8 °F)[7]
Annual rainfall297.3 mm (11.70 in)[7]
Suburbs around Hart
Anmatjere Anmatjere
Sandover
Anatye
Anmatjere
Burt Plain
Hart Anatye
Burt Plain Hale
Anatye
Anatye
Adjoining localities[9][10]

Hart is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the territory's south-east about 1,259 kilometres (782 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][2]

The locality consists of the following land (from west to east, then north to south):[11][10]

  1. Delny and McDonald Downs (south part) pastoral leases, the Dulcie Range National Park and the Dneiper and Jinka pastoral leases,
  2. The Mount Riddock Station pastoral lease and the southern parts of the Dneiper and Jinka pastoral leases, and
  3. The Garden pastoral lease, the Trephina Gorge Nature Park, and the Ambalindum and Indiana pastoral leases

It fully surrounds the community of Atitjere.[10] As of 2020, it has an area of 18,161 square kilometres (7,012 sq mi).[8]

The locality's boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from the Harts Range which was itself named in 1870 after John Hart who served as the Premier of South Australia for three terms between 1865 and 1871.[1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Hart had a population of 169 of which 107 (61.8%) identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”[6]

Hart is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the Central Desert Region.[4][3][1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Place Names Register Extract for Hart". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Hart Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Division of Namatjira". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  5. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Hart (NT) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hart (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2020. Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ^ a b c d "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ARLTUNGA (nearest weather station that has current data)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Hart". Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Hart". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  10. ^ a b c "Localities within Petermann-Simpson sub-region (CP 5080)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Northern Territory Pastoral Districts". Northern Territory Government. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2020.