Davenport, Northern Territory
Suburb of Barkly Region, the Northern Territory, Australia
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Davenport is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 1,057 kilometres (657 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][2]
Davenport | |||||||||||||
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  Davenport | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 20°53′46″S 134°49′05″E[1] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
| LGA | |||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||
| Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||
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| • Territory electorate | |||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 28,761 km2 (11,105 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 145 (2021 census)[6] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.005042/km2 (0.01306/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0872[2] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 31.0 °C (87.8 °F)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 14.6 °C (58.3 °F)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 286.9 mm (11.30 in)[7] | ||||||||||||
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History
The locality's boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from the mountain range which was named in 1860 by John McDouall Stuart as the Davenport Range after Samuel Davenport, a South Australian politician.[1]
Davenport includes the following places that have been listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register – the Barrow Creek Hotel, the Barrow Creek Telegraph Station and the Neutral Junction Homestead (Old).[10][11][12]
Description
The locality consists of the following land (from west to east):[13][9]
- The Singleton and Neutral Junction pastoral leases
- The Kurundi and Murray Downs pastoral leases, and the Mungkarta Aboriginal Lands Trust (also spelt Mungarta and also known as McLaren Creek[14][15])
- The Epenarra pastoral lease, the Warumungu and Anurrete Aboriginal Lands Trusts and the Elkedra pastoral lease
The locality fully surrounds the communities of Ali Curung, Tara and Wutungurra.[8] As of 2020, it has an area of 28,761 square kilometres (11,105 sq mi).[5]
Demographics
The 2021 Australian census reported 145 people living in the locality, an 18.5% decrease from the previous census in 2016.[6]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reported that Davenport had 178 people living within its boundaries of which 59.4% were male, 40.6% were female and 59.3% who identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”[18]
