__NOTOC__ Hart 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 Aus ...

located in the territory's south-east about south of the territory capital of Darwin. The locality consists of the following land (from west to east, then north to south): #Delny and McDonald Downs (south part) pastoral leases, the

Dulcie Range National Park Dulcie Range is a national park in the Northern Territory of Australia, 220 km north-east of Alice Springs and 1235 km southeast of territorial capital of Darwin. The park lies along the south-western edge of Dulcie Range. It was first ...

and the Dneiper and Jinka pastoral leases, #The

Mount Riddock Station Mount Riddock Station is a 2,633 square kilometre cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is managed by Steve and Rebecca Cadzow. They run Poll Herefords on the property, which has organic certification. Early history Easte ...

pastoral lease and the southern parts of the Dneiper and Jinka pastoral leases, and # The Garden pastoral lease, the Trephina Gorge Nature Park, and the

Ambalindum Ambalindum is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory. The property occupies an area of and in 2013 was stocked with 5,000 Santa Gertrudis-cross-cattle. The ephemeral Hale R ...

and Indiana pastoral leases It fully surrounds the community of Atitjere.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 Harts Range which was itself named in 1870 after John Hart who served as the

Premier of South Australia The premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia. The Government of South Australia follows the Westminster system, with a Parliament of South Australia acting as the legislature. The premier is ...

for three terms between 1865 and 1871. The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Hart had a population of 169 of which 107 (61.8%) identified as “

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 ...

.” Hart is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the

Central Desert Region The Central Desert Region is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia, administered by the Central Desert Regional Council (formerly Central Desert Shire). The council's main towns are Ti-Tree, Yuendumu, and Lajamanu. Th ...

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{{Localities and communities of the Central Desert Region, state=collapsed Populated places in the Northern Territory Central Desert Region