__NOTOC__ Sandover is a locality in the

Northern Territory of Australia The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

located about south of the territory capital of Darwin. The locality’s name is derived from the

Sandover River The Sandover River is an ephemeral river in the Northern Territory of Australia located in northeast Central Australia. It is the only major tributary of the Georgina River that does not rise in western Queensland. Instead it flows from the e ...

whose course passes through the locality and which is considered to be named in 1878 after

William Sandover William Sandover (21 September 1822 – 5 March 1909) was a British hotelier and politician in South Australia, the father of Alfred Sandover MBE and great grandfather of Raymond Sandover DSO, ED. History He was born in Cornwood, Devon, En ...

, a South Australian politician. It fully surrounds the community of Ampilatwatja, which lies within the Aboriginal homelands area of

Utopia, Northern Territory Utopia, also known as Urapuntja and Amengernterneah, is an Aboriginal Australian homeland area formed in November 1978 by the amalgamation of the former Utopia pastoral lease, from which it gains its name, with a tract of unalienable land to its ...

. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. The Sandover Highway passes through the locality from the south-west to the north-east. Sandover includes the following places that have been listed on the

Northern Territory Heritage Register The Northern Territory Heritage Register is a heritage register, being a statutory list of places in the Northern Territory of Australia that are protected by the Northern Territory statute, the '' Heritage Act 2011''. The register is maintained ...

– the Eldo Rocket Shelters Ooratippra and the Old MacDonald Downs Homestead. The

2016 Australian census The 2016 Australian census was the 17th Census in Australia, 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 count ...

which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Sandover had 634 people living within its boundaries, of whom 45.2% were male, 54.8% were female and 91.6% (577) identified as “ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.” Sandover is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government areas of the

Barkly Region The Barkly Region, formerly Barkly Shire, is a Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory, local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia, administered by the Barkly Regional Council. The region's main town is Tennant Creek ...

and 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. ...

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