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Baines is a locality in the
Northern Territory of Australia
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...
located in the territory's west adjoining the border with the state of
Western Australia
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about south of the territory capital of
Darwin and about south-west of the municipal seat in
Katherine
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and Catherina, other variations are feminine Given name, names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria ...
.
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The locality is bounded by the Western Australian border to the west, the limits of Northern Territory waters to the north and in part to the east by the Victoria River. It consists of the following land (from north to south):][
#Land described as NT Portion 5774 and the Legune pastoral lease
#Land described as NT Portion 1584 and the Spirit Hills and Bullo River pastoral leases
#The ]Keep River National Park
Keep River National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 418 km southwest of Darwin and 468 km west of Katherine. The nearest town is Kununurra in Western Australia.
Environment
The park has a number of striking sandstone ...
and the Newry
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Newry was founded in 1144 alongside a Cistercian monastery, althoug ...
and Auvergne
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pastoral leases, and
#The Rosewood and Waterloo pastoral leases and the Nagurungguru Aboriginal Lands Trust.
As of 2020, it has an area of .[
The locality's boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from "the Baines River, a tributary of the Victoria River, which was named during A C Gregory's North Australian Expedition of 1855-56 after ]Thomas Baines
(John) Thomas Baines (27 November 1820 – 8 May 1875) was an English artist and explorer of British colonial southern Africa and Australia.
Life and work
Born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, on 27 November 1820, Baines was apprenticed to a coach ...
, artist of the expedition."2016 Australian census
The 2016 Australian census was the 17th national population census held in Australia. The census was officially conducted with effect on Tuesday, 9 August 2016. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as – an incre ...
which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Baines had a population of 249 people of which 157 (63.1%) identified as being "Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people
Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...
."Victoria Daly Region
The Victoria Daly Regional Council is a local government area in the Northern Territory of Australia. The shire covers an area of and had a population of 3,138 in June 2018.
History
In October 2006 the Northern Territory Government announced ...
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References
{{Localities and communities of the Victoria Daly Region, state=collapsed
Populated places in the Northern Territory
Victoria Daly Region