Hugh
Northern Territory
Hugh is located in Northern Territory
Hugh
Hugh
Coordinates24°20′38″S 133°36′36″E / 24.3438°S 133.61°E / -24.3438; 133.61[1]
Population865 (2016 census)[2]
 • Density0.09041/km2 (0.23415/sq mi)
Established4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)0872 [3]
Area9,568 km2 (3,694.2 sq mi)[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location1,328 km (825 mi) S of Darwin City[3]
LGA(s)MacDonnell Region[1]
Territory electorate(s)Namatjira[5]
Federal division(s)Lingiari[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
28.9 °C
84 °F		 13.3 °C
56 °F		 282.8 mm
11.1 in
Suburbs around Hugh:
Burt Plain Burt Plain Burt Plain
White Gums
Arumbera
Burt Plain
Namatjira
Ghan		 Hugh Connellan
Hale
Ghan
Ghan Ghan Ghan
FootnotesAdjoining localities[8][9]

Hugh is a locality in the Northern Territory, Australia, located about 1,328 kilometres (825 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][3]

The locality consists of the following land from north to south – the Owen Springs, the Orange Creek and the Maryvale pastoral leases.[10][8][9]

The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. It is named after the river which flows through the locality and which was named as a creek by John McDouall Stuart in 1860 after a Hugh Chambers. It fully surrounds the community of Titjikala. As of 2020, it has an area of 9,568 square kilometres (3,694 sq mi).[1][4]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Hugh had 865 people living within its boundaries of which 687 (78.9%) identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”[2]

Hugh is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region.[6][5][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Place Names Register Extract for Hugh". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hugh (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hugh Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Hugh". Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Division of Namatjira". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 "Localities within McDonnell Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. 1 2 "Localities within the Alice Springs Sub-region (CP5075)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 29 November 2006. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Northern Territory Pastoral Districts". Northern Territory Government. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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