__NOTOC__ Dundee Forest is a locality in the

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located about south-west of the territory capital of Darwin. The

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which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Dundee Forest had 73 people living within its boundaries.

Geography

Dundee Forest consists of land extending from the coastline of

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in the north to just south of the Fog Bay Road which passes through the locality on its way from the

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in the east to Fog Bay in the west. Dundee Forest and the other two nearby localities prefixed with the name "Dundee" are named after the sub-divisions with these names. The name "Dundee" is believed to be derived from the 1986 film, ''

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''. The boundaries for Dundee Forest were gazetted on 29 October 1997 with the gazettal being revoked on 3 April 2007 with new boundaries being gazetted on 4 April 2007. Dundee Forest is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of

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and within the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory.

References

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