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Davenport 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.
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History
The locality's boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from the mountain range which was named in 1860 by John McDouall Stuart
John McDouall Stuart (7 September 18155 June 1866), often referred to as simply "McDouall Stuart", was a Scottish explorer and one of the most accomplished of all Australia's inland explorers.
Stuart led the first successful expedition to tra ...
as the Davenport Range after Samuel Davenport, a South Australian politician.
Davenport 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 Barrow Creek Hotel, the Barrow Creek Telegraph Station
Barrow Creek Telegraph Station was one of 12 repeater stations for the Australian Overland Telegraph Line and it sat between the Alice Springs Telegraph Station and Tennant Creek Telegraph Station.
It now sits within the Barrow Creek Telegra ...
and the Neutral Junction Homestead (Old)
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Description
The locality consists of the following land (from west to east):[
#The Singleton and Neutral Junction pastoral leases
#The Kurundi and Murray Downs pastoral leases, and the Mungkarta Aboriginal Lands Trust (also spelt Mungarta and also known as McLaren Creek])
#The Epenarra pastoral lease, the Warumungu and Anurrete Aboriginal Lands Trusts and the Elkedra pastoral lease
The locality fully surrounds the communities of Ali Curung
Ali Curung ( Kaytetye: Alekarenge; formerly Warrabri) is an Indigenous Australian community in the Barkly Region of the Northern Territory. The community is located 170 km (106 mi) south of Tennant Creek, and 378 km (235 mi) n ...
, Tara and Wutungurra.[ As of 2020, it has an area of .][
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Demographics
The 2021 Australian census
The 2021 Australian census, simply called the 2021 Census, was the eighteenth national Census of Population and Housing in Australia. The 2021 Census took place on 10 August 2021, and was conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). ...
reported 145 people living in the locality, an 18.5% decrease from the previous census in 2016.
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 reported that Davenport had 178 people living within its boundaries of which 59.4% were male, 40.6% were female and 59.3% who identified as “ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”
Governance
Davenport is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area 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 ...
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References
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{{Localities and communities of the Barkly Region, state=collapsed
Populated places in the Northern Territory
Barkly Region