Middle Point is an administrative locality in the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
of
Australia
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.
This locality derives its name from the ridge of fertile land sticking
into the edge of the coastal plains of the
Adelaide River
The Adelaide River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Course and features
The river rises in the Litchfield National Park and flows generally northwards to Clarence Strait, joined by eight tributaries including the west branch ...
.
Some features of this locality are
#a CSIRO Research Station,
#a school (the Middle Point Schoo
#a Department of Defence Transmitting Statio
#assorted farms,
#Harrison Da
#
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve '
The Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve is a protected area consisting of a wetland area approximately east of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. It lies within the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains, which i ...
#and was the home of the failed Humpty Doo Rice Projec
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 Middle Point had 58 people living within its boundaries.
Middle Point is located within the federal division of
Lingiari, the territory electoral division of
Goyder and the local government area of the
Litchfield Municipality
The Litchfield Council is a local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia on the eastern and southeastern outskirts of the Darwin-Palmerston urban area. The municipality covers an area of , and was created by the Northern Territ ...
.
References
External links
Placenames
{{Litchfield Municipality Suburbs and Towns
Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory