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]
| Sandover Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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  Sandover | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 21°58′57″S 135°30′36″E / 21.9824°S 135.51°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 634 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.03358/km2 (0.08697/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0872 [3] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 18,880 km2 (7,289.6 sq mi)[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 1,133 km (704 mi) S of Darwin City | ||||||||||||||
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| Territory electorate(s) | Barkly[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari[7] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Locations[3] Adjoining localities[9][10][5][a] | ||||||||||||||
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 whom 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]
References edit
Notes edit
- ^ The locality of Sandover fully surrounds the community of Ampilatwatja.[9]
Citations edit
- ^ a b c d e "Place Names Register Extract for Sandover". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Sandover (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Sandover Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "Sandover". Australias Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Localities within Central Desert Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Division of Barkly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics JERVOIS (nearest weather station that has current data)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Sandover". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Localities within Barkly Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "Eldo Rocket Shelters Ooratippra". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ "Old MacDonald Downs Homestead". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 14 June 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
