Elliott is a town in

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of Australia. It is almost halfway between

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and

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on the

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. The town is in the Yapurkulangu ward of the Barkly Region. At the

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, Elliott had a population of 339.

History

The area is the home of the Jingili people and the traditional name of the town is Kulumindini. The town began at the site of Number 8 Bore on Newcastle Waters Station as an

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camp during World War II. It is named after Army Captain R.D (Snow) Elliott MBE.

Geography

Elliott is on the edge of the Newcastle Waters Station and is from Newcastle Waters, a town near the station homestead and at the junction of three important stockroutes. It lies close to the seasonal

Lake Woods Lake Woods is an ephemeral freshwater lake in the Northern Territory of Australia. It lies on Newcastle Creek close to the small town of Elliott on the Stuart Highway, about halfway between Darwin and Alice Springs. It is important as a br ...

and is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.

Climate

Ellio experiences a

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(

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''BSh''), being a little too dry to be classified as a

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of ...

(''Aw''), with a wet season from late November to March and a dry season from April to late October.

Community Services

Barkly Regional Council, with the support of Library & Archives NT, delivers public library and information services in Elliot through the Tennant Creek Public Library. The Library has a range of services available to all residents & visitors to the region. Visitors to the region can also access temporary membership for the duration of their stay. The Library has a range of services available including computer access, Wi-Fi, printing and scanning. For resources not available through Tennant Creek Public Library's print or eResource collection the Inter-Library Loans service can attempt to source for you from another library in the Northern Territory. Library members have access to additional benefits including borrowing of a large collection of resources (Fiction, Non-Fiction, Large Print and Picture books ; Comics & Graphic Novels ; Movies and TV Series ; Music CDs ; Audiobooks ; Magazines) from nearly and public library in NT, free Internet, online resources like BorrowBox and Busythings.

Industry

Elliot is the proposed site of a very large solar panel installation that is part of the Sun Cable project.

Notable people

*The members of the Kulumindini Band. * Jake Neade, an AFL footballer.

References

Towns in the Northern Territory Barkly Region {{NorthernTerritory-geo-stub