Burt Plain Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 23°23′21″S 133°28′26″E / 23.3893°S 133.474°E [1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 250 ( 2016 census) [2] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.0256/km2 (0.0662/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 4 April 2007 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 0872 [3] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 9,777 km2 (3,774.9 sq mi) [4] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST ( UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 1,249 km (776 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] |
Burt Plain is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 1,249 kilometres (776 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin. [1] [3]
The locality consists of the following land (from west to east, then north to south): [10] [9]
The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. It is named after the natural feature of the same name which itself was named in 1871 after A.G. Burt, a member of the team building the Overland Telegraph Line. [1] As of 2020, it has an area of 9,777 square kilometres (3,775 sq mi). [4]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Burt Plain had 250 people living within its boundaries of which 215 (85%) identified as “ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.” [2]
Burt Plain 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]