Middle Point, Northern Territory

Middle Point
Suburb
Middle Point Antenna Farm or Department of Defence Transmitting Station
Middle Point
Interactive map of Middle Point
Coordinates: 12°35′56″S 131°19′34″E / 12.599°S 131.3261°E / -12.599; 131.3261[1]
Country	Australia
State	Northern Territory
City	Darwin
LGA	Litchfield Municipality[1]
Location	53 km (33 mi) E of Darwin City
Established	29 July 1998[1]
Government
• Territory electorate	Goyder[2]
• Federal division	Lingiari[3]
Population
• Total	58 (2016 census)[5]
Time zone	UTC+9:30 (ACST)
Postcode	0822[6]
Suburbs around Middle Point Koolpinyah Koolpinyah Marrakai Koolpinyah Lambells Lagoon Middle Point Marrakai Lambells Lagoon Lambells Lagoon Wak Wak Marrakai Marrakai
Locations[6] Adjoining suburbs[7][8]

Middle Point is an administrative locality in the Northern Territory of Australia.

This locality derives its name from the ridge of fertile land sticking into the edge of the coastal plains of the Adelaide River.

Some features of this locality are

1. a former CSIRO Research Station,
2. a school (the Middle Point School)[1],
3. a Department of Defence Transmitting Station [2],
4. assorted farms,
5. Harrison Dam [3],
6. Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve
7. and was the home of the failed Humpty Doo Rice Project [4].

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Middle Point had 58 people living within its boundaries.^[5]

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.^[3][2][8]

Climate

Climate data for Middle Point (2001–2024)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	39.7 (103.5)	38.0 (100.4)	38.4 (101.1)	37.2 (99.0)	37.3 (99.1)	36.4 (97.5)	36.4 (97.5)	38.8 (101.8)	40.0 (104.0)	42.5 (108.5)	41.6 (106.9)	40.4 (104.7)	42.5 (108.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	33.4 (92.1)	33.5 (92.3)	33.8 (92.8)	34.2 (93.6)	33.4 (92.1)	32.5 (90.5)	32.8 (91.0)	34.4 (93.9)	36.6 (97.9)	37.4 (99.3)	36.5 (97.7)	35.1 (95.2)	34.5 (94.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	24.3 (75.7)	24.2 (75.6)	24.1 (75.4)	22.6 (72.7)	19.2 (66.6)	15.6 (60.1)	14.6 (58.3)	15.2 (59.4)	19.2 (66.6)	22.2 (72.0)	23.6 (74.5)	24.3 (75.7)	20.8 (69.4)
Record low °C (°F)	20.5 (68.9)	20.6 (69.1)	16.4 (61.5)	12.7 (54.9)	9.0 (48.2)	4.8 (40.6)	5.3 (41.5)	5.0 (41.0)	8.2 (46.8)	16.2 (61.2)	18.9 (66.0)	20.6 (69.1)	4.8 (40.6)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	309.4 (12.18)	291.4 (11.47)	244.8 (9.64)	95.1 (3.74)	16.9 (0.67)	0.6 (0.02)	0.3 (0.01)	1.8 (0.07)	16.9 (0.67)	47.5 (1.87)	120.3 (4.74)	231.4 (9.11)	1,377.5 (54.23)
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm)	17.0	16.3	15.8	6.1	1.5	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.5	4.8	9.2	14.5	87.2
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology[9]

References

1. "Place Names Register Extract for "Middle Point"". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
2. "Division of Goyder". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
3. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
4. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Middle Point (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
5. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Middle Point (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
6. "Middle Point Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
7. "Middle Point". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. February 2005. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
8. "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
9. "Climate statistics for Australian locations- MIDDLE POINT". 8 July 2024.

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