Middle Point is an administrative locality in the
Northern Territory
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of
Australia
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.
This locality derives its name from the ridge of fertile land sticking
into the edge of the coastal plains of the
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 ...
.
Some features of this locality are
#a former CSIRO Research Station,
#a school (the Middle Point Schoo
#a Department of Defence Transmitting Statio
#assorted farms,
#Harrison Da
#
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve
The Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve is a protected area consisting of a wetland area approximately east of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. It lies within the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains, which is an Important Bird Area.
...
#and was the home of the failed
Humpty Doo Rice Project
The Humpty Doo Rice Project, also known as the Humpty Doo Rice Trail was a failed rice growing project in Humpty Doo, and surrounding areas, in the Northern Territory. The company that undertook this project was Territory Rice Limited and it was ...
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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 Middle Point had 58 people living within its boundaries.
Middle Point is located within the federal division of
Lingiari, the territory electoral division of
Goyder and the local government area of the
Litchfield Municipality
The Litchfield Council is a local government area of the Northern Territory
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 ...
.
Climate
References
External links
Placenames
{{Litchfield Municipality Suburbs and Towns
Suburbs of Darwin, Northern Territory