Victoria River is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 450 kilometres (280 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin and about 240 kilometres (150 mi) south of the municipal seat in Katherine.[1][3][8]
| Victoria River Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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  Victoria River | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°38′20″S 131°24′47″E / 16.6388°S 131.413°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 152 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.005572/km2 (0.01443/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0852[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 89 m (292 ft)(weather station) [4] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 27,278 km2 (10,532.1 sq mi)[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Victoria Daly Region[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Gwoja[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari[7] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Locations[3][8] Adjoining localities[9][10][a] | ||||||||||||||
The locality consists of the following land (from west to east) – the Humbert River pastoral lease, land described as NT Portion 1568, the Wambardi Aboriginal Land Trust, the Victoria River Downs pastoral lease, the Camfield pastoral lease, the Montejinni West pastoral lease, the Killarney pastoral lease, the Montejinni East pastoral lease, the Dungowan pastoral lease and the Birrimba pastoral lease. The locality fully surrounds the locality of Yarralin and the community of Pigeon Hole and the town of Top Springs. It has an area of 27,278 square kilometres (10,532 sq mi).[5][11][8][9]
The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from the river of the same name which flows through the locality from the south to the north and which was named in 1839 by Captains Wickham and Stokes of HMS Beagle after Queen Victoria, the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.[9][1]
The Buchanan Highway passes through the locality from the Stuart Highway in the east to the Victoria Highway in the north-west. The Buntine Highway passes through the locality from the south to the north and meets the Buchanan Highway at Top Springs.[8][11]
Victoria River includes the following sites that have been listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register: the Bullock Creek Fossil Site, Jasper Gorge and the Murranji Track including the following five sites associated with the track and which have been separately registered - Murranji Track, Jump-Up Cairn, Murranji Track, No. 12 Bore, Murranji Track, No. 13 Bore, Murranji Track, No. 14 (Pussycat) Bore Dipyard and Murranji Track, Surveyor Well's Cairn.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Victoria River had 152 people living within its boundaries.[2]
Victoria River is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Stuart and the local government area of the Victoria Daly Region.[7][6][10]
Climate
edit| Climate data for Victoria River Downs, elevation 89 m (292 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1965–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 44.4 (111.9) |
43.9 (111.0) |
43.2 (109.8) |
40.9 (105.6) |
38.3 (100.9) |
36.9 (98.4) |
37.7 (99.9) |
39.2 (102.6) |
41.4 (106.5) |
44.9 (112.8) |
45.4 (113.7) |
44.9 (112.8) |
45.4 (113.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 36.0 (96.8) |
35.3 (95.5) |
35.4 (95.7) |
34.9 (94.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
29.5 (85.1) |
29.8 (85.6) |
31.9 (89.4) |
36.1 (97.0) |
37.9 (100.2) |
38.6 (101.5) |
37.4 (99.3) |
34.6 (94.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 24.8 (76.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
19.9 (67.8) |
15.3 (59.5) |
11.8 (53.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
12.4 (54.3) |
18.4 (65.1) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.6 (76.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
19.5 (67.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 15.9 (60.6) |
17.0 (62.6) |
12.7 (54.9) |
9.3 (48.7) |
4.0 (39.2) |
2.2 (36.0) |
1.3 (34.3) |
2.7 (36.9) |
5.5 (41.9) |
10.5 (50.9) |
14.2 (57.6) |
15.1 (59.2) |
1.3 (34.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 204.6 (8.06) |
230.1 (9.06) |
113 (4.4) |
28.0 (1.10) |
4.9 (0.19) |
3.8 (0.15) |
1.7 (0.07) |
0.1 (0.00) |
4.7 (0.19) |
26.3 (1.04) |
58.7 (2.31) |
143.2 (5.64) |
819.1 (32.21) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 12 | 12 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 10.6 | 55.3 |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology[20] | |||||||||||||
References
editNotes
edit- ^ The locality of Victoria River fully surrounds the locality of Yarralin and the community of Pigeon Hole and the town of Top Springs.[9]
Citations
edit- ^ a b c d e "Place Names Register Extract for Victoria River (locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Victoria River (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "Victoria River Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Monthly climate statistics: Summary Victoria River Downs (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Victoria River". Australias Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Division of Stuart". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Northern Territory Pastoral Properties" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Victoria River". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Localities within Victoria-Daly Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Localities within Victoria River sub-region (CP 5096)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Bullock Creek Fossil Site". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 3 August 1996. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Jasper Gorge". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 25 October 2003. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Murranji Track". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 3 July 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Murranji Track, Jump-Up Cairn". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 3 July 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Murranji Track, No. 12 Bore". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 3 July 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Murranji Track, No. 13 Bore". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 3 July 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Murranji Track, No. 14 (Pussycat) Bore Dipyard". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 3 July 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Murranji Track, Surveyor Well's Cairn". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 3 July 1998. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Climate statistics for Australian locations: VICTORIA RIVER DOWNS". 8 April 2024.
