__NOTOC__ Charlotte is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south of the territorial capital of Darwin. It consists of land within the boundaries of the cadastral unit of the

Hundred of Hughes 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to des ...

in the north and those parts of the hundreds of Finniss and Hart bounded by the Finniss River in the south. It is named after the Charlotte River which was mapped along with the Annie River in 1869 by a survey team from the South Australian government expedition led by

George Goyder George Woodroffe Goyder (24 June 1826 – 2 November 1898) was a surveyor in the Colony of South Australia during the latter half of the nineteenth century. He rose rapidly in the civil service, becoming Assistant Surveyor-General by 1856 ...

. The official source suggests that the two rivers were named after family members of persons within the survey team. The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. The

Cox Peninsula Road The Cox Peninsula Road is a rural road in the Northern Territory of Australia linking the Cox Peninsula and western shore of Darwin Harbour to the Stuart Highway in the rural suburb of Noonamah on the outskirts of Darwin. The route is approxim ...

passes throughout the top of the locality with the following roads branching off to the west and the south respectively – the Fog Bay Road and the Litchfield Park Road. The Kangaroo Flats Training Area, an

Australian Defence Force The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Commonwealth of Australia and its national interests. It consists of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army, Royal Australian Air Forc ...

facility, is located within the locality’s boundaries. The

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 Charlotte had 18 people living within its boundaries. Charlotte is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of

Daly Daly or DALY may refer to: Places Australia * County of Daly, a cadastral division in South Australia * Daly River, Northern Territory, a locality * Electoral division of Daly, an electorate in the Northern Territory * Daly, Northern Territory, ...

and within the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory.

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{{reflist Populated places in the Northern Territory Places in the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory