Nemarluk, Northern Territory
Suburb of Victoria Daly Region, the Northern Territory, Australia
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Nemarluk is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 210 kilometres (130 mi) south-west of the territorial capital of Darwin.[1][7]
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| Coordinates: 14°02′39″S 130°08′28″E[1] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 131 (2016 census)[6] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0822[7] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 33.6 °C (92.5 °F)[8] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 25.5 °C (77.9 °F)[8] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 1,317.8 mm (51.88 in)[8] | ||||||||||||
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| Locations[7] Adjoining localities[2] | |||||||||||||
It consists of land bounded in part by the Daly River and the Timor Sea in the north and north-west respectively, in part by the Fitzmaurice River in the south, and in part again by the Daly River in the east.[2]
Nemarluk is named in commemoration of Nemarluk (circa 1911 -1940), an aboriginal man notable as an “Indigenous resistance fighter”, a murderer and as a prisoner.[9] The locality's boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[1]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Nemarluk had 131 people living within its boundaries.[6]
Nemarluk is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Daly and the local government areas of the Victoria Daly Region and the West Daly Region.[5][1][2][4][3]
