Middle Point, Northern Territory

CountryAustralia

Established29 July 1998^[1]

Time zoneUTC+9:30 (ACST)

Postcode

0822^[5]

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)[4]
Time zone	UTC+9:30 (ACST)
Postcode	0822[5]
Suburbs around Middle Point Koolpinyah Koolpinyah Marrakai Koolpinyah Lambells Lagoon Middle Point Marrakai Lambells Lagoon Lambells Lagoon Wak Wak Marrakai Marrakai
Locations[5] Adjoining suburbs[6][7]

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),
3. a Department of Defence Transmitting Station ,
4. assorted farms,
5. Harrison Dam ,
6. Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve
7. and was the home of the failed Humpty Doo Rice Project .

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Middle Point had 58 people living within its boundaries.^[4]

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][7]