Davenport Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 20°53′46″S 134°49′05″E / 20.8962°S 134.818°E [1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 178 ( 2016 census) [2] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.006189/km2 (0.01603/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 4 April 2007 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 0872 [3] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 28,761 km2 (11,104.7 sq mi) [4] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST ( UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 1,057 km (657 mi) S of Darwin [3] | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Barkly Region [1] | ||||||||||||||
Territory electorate(s) | Barkly [5] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Lingiari [6] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities [8] [9] [a] |
Davenport is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 1,057 kilometres (657 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin. [1] [3]
The locality's boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from the mountain range which was named in 1860 by John McDouall Stuart as the Davenport Range after Samuel Davenport, a South Australian politician. [1]
Davenport includes the following places that have been listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register – the Barrow Creek Hotel, the Barrow Creek Telegraph Station and the Neutral Junction Homestead (Old). [10] [11] [12]
The locality consists of the following land (from west to east): [13] [9]
The locality fully surrounds the communities of Ali Curung, Tara and Wutungurra. [8] As of 2020, it has an area of 28,761 square kilometres (11,105 sq mi). [4]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Davenport had 178 people living within its boundaries of which 59.4% were male, 40.6% were female and 59.3% who identified as “ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.” [2]
Davenport is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region. [6] [5] [1]