| Shoal Bay Darwin, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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  Shoal Bay | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 12°21′57″S 131°03′17″E / 12.3659°S 131.0548°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 0 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0830[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 20 km (12 mi) E of Darwin | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Litchfield Municipality[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Nelson[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining suburbs[7][8] | ||||||||||||||
Shoal Bay is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the territory capital of Darwin.[3]
The locality is named after the nearby bay which was named in 1839 by Commander Wickham and Lieutenant Stokes during HMS Beagle's third survey expedition.[1]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Shoal Bay had no people living within its boundaries.[2]
Shoal Bay is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Nelson and the local government area of the Litchfield Municipality.[5][4][8]
References
- ^ a b c d "Place Names Register Extract for "Shoal Bay" (locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Shoal Bay (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Shoal Bay Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Division of Nelson". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics DARWIN AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Shoal Bay". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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