__NOTOC__ Tanami East 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 consists of the following land in the north eastern portion of the

Tanami Desert The Tanami Desert () is a desert in northern Australia, situated in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It has a rocky terrain and small hills. The Tanami was the Northern Territory's final frontier and was not fully explored by Austral ...

- the Karlantijpa North Aboriginal Land Trust, the Murranji Aboriginal Land Trust and the Murranji pastoral lease. It has an area of . Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. The Adelaide-Darwin Railway passes from south to north through parts of the eastern side of the locality. Tanami East 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

Murranji Track The Murranji Track or Murranji Stock Route is a stock route in the Northern Territory of Australia and it runs between Newcastle Waters and Top Springs, Northern Territory, Top Springs. The track was primarily operational between 1904 and the la ...

, the Murranji Track, Murranji Bore & Waterhole and the Murranji Track, No. 11 Bore. 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 Tanami East had 33 people living within its boundaries. Tanami East 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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{{Localities and communities of the Barkly Region, state=collapsed Populated places in the Northern Territory Barkly Region Tanami Desert