Mount Bundey, Northern Territory

Mount Bundey is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 115 kilometres (71 mi) east of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][3]

Mount Bundey
Northern Territory
Mount Bundey is located in Northern Territory
Mount Bundey
Mount Bundey
Coordinates13°02′05″S 131°43′08″E[1]
Population33 (2016 census)[2]
Established4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)0822[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location115 km (71 mi) E of Darwin City
LGA(s)unincorporated area[4]
Territory electorate(s)Goyder[5]
Federal division(s)Lingiari[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
33.1 °C
92 °F		 20.9 °C
70 °F		 1,434.5 mm
56.5 in
Suburbs around Mount Bundey:
Marrakai Marrakai
Point Stuart		 Kakadu
Marrakai
Margaret River		 Mount Bundey Kakadu
Margaret River Burrundie
Kakadu		 Kakadu
FootnotesLocations[3]
Adjoining localities[8][4]

The locality consists of land bounded to the north by the Arnhem Highway and to the east by the Kakadu National Park. The locality is named from a hill named Mount Bundey which itself is named after the cadastral unit of the Hundred of Bundey. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[8][1]

The Mount Bundey Training Area, an Australian Defence Force facility, occupies the eastern side of the locality.[9]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Mount Bundey had 33 people living within its boundaries.[2]

Mount Bundey is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Goyder and within the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory.[6][5][4]

References
  1. "Place Names Register Extract for Mount Bundey". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Bundey (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. "Mount Bundey Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  4. "Localities within Un-Incorporated area (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 29 October 1997. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  5. "Division of Goyder". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  6. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics MIDDLE POINT RANGERS (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  8. "Mount Bundey". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  9. Tunstall, Brian; Orr, Tony; Marks, Alan (March 1998). "Vegetation and soil mapping, Mt Bundey Training Area" (PDF). CSIRO. pp. Figures 1 to 3. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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