Sandover, Northern Territory

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Sandover
Northern Territory
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Sandover
Coordinates 21°58′57″S135°30′36″E / 21.9824°S 135.51°E / -21.9824; 135.51 Coordinates: 21°58′57″S135°30′36″E / 21.9824°S 135.51°E / -21.9824; 135.51 [1]
Population634 (2016 census) [2]
 • Density0.03358/km2 (0.08697/sq mi)
Established4 April 2007 [1]
Postcode(s) 0872 [3]
Area18,880 km2 (7,289.6 sq mi) [4]
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location1,133 km (704 mi) S of Darwin City
LGA(s)
Territory electorate(s) Barkly [6]
Federal Division(s) Lingiari [7]
Mean max temp [8] Mean min temp [8] Annual rainfall [8]
31.0 °C
88 °F		14.6 °C
58 °F		288.6 mm
11.4 in
Suburbs around Sandover:
Davenport Davenport
Costello 		Costello
Davenport
Anmatjere 		Sandover Costello
Anatye
Anmatjere Hart
Anatye 		Anatye
FootnotesLocations [3]
Adjoining localities [9] [10] [5] [lower-alpha 1]

Sandover is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 1,133 kilometres (704 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin. [1] [3]

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The locality’s name is derived from the Sandover River whose course passes through the locality and which is considered to be named in 1878 after William Sandover, a South Australian politician. It fully surrounds the community of Ampilatwatja, which lies within the Aboriginal homelands area of Utopia, Northern Territory. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. [9] [1]

The Sandover Highway passes through the locality from the south-west to the north-east. [9]

Sandover includes the following places that have been listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register – the Eldo Rocket Shelters Ooratippra and the Old MacDonald Downs Homestead. [11] [12]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Sandover had 634 people living within its boundaries of which 45.2% were male, 54.8% were female and 91.6% (577) identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.” [2]

Sandover is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government areas of the Barkly Region and the Central Desert Region. [7] [6] [10]

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ The locality of Sandover fully surrounds the community of Ampilatwatja. [9]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Place Names Register Extract for Sandover". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Sandover (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 April 2019. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. 1 2 3 "Sandover Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Sandover". Australias Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Localities within Central Desert Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Division of Barkly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  8. 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics JERVOIS (nearest weather station that has current data)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Sandover". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  10. 1 2 "Localities within Barkly Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Eldo Rocket Shelters Ooratippra". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  12. ↑ "Old MacDonald Downs Homestead". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 14 June 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
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