__NOTOC__ Douglas-Daly 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. Douglas-Daly consists of land associated with the catchments of the

Daly A disability-adjusted life year (DALY) is a measure of overall disease burden, representing a year lost due to ill-health, disability, or early death. It was developed in the 1990s as a way of comparing the overall health and life expectancy of d ...

and the Douglas Rivers and which is located between the towns of

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 branc ...

and Pine Creek and to the respective south and west of these towns. The Daly River forms part of the locality's boundary on its south-western side while the alignment of the Adelaide-Darwin Railway coincides in places with its north-eastern boundary. It is named after the Daly and Douglas Rivers. The term Douglas-Daly is reported by the official source as being widely used locally. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. 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 Douglas-Daly and the locality of Fleming shared a population of 238 people. Douglas-Daly is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of

and partly within the local government area of the

Victoria Daly Region The Victoria Daly Regional Council is a Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory, local government area in the Northern Territory of Australia. The shire covers an area of and had a population of 3,138 in June 2018. History In October ...

and partly within the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory.

Heritage places

Douglas-Daly includes the following places which have added to 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 ...

: # Brocks Creek Township, Railway Siding & Military Detention Barracks # Brocks Creek Chinatown and Temple Site # WWII Fenton Airfield # 12 Mile Chinatown (Settlement and Battery) # Burrundie Explosives Magazines # Grove Hill Hotel # Cypress Pine Overland Telegraph Poles (via Pine Creek) # Spring Hill Battery Complex # Brocks Creek Cemetery #

Butterfly Gorge Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossils ...

# WWII B24-D Liberator 'Nothing Sacred' # The Shackle

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{{Localities and communities of the Victoria Daly Region, state=collapsed Populated places in the Northern Territory Victoria Daly Region Places in the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory