Nicholson, Northern Territory
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| Coordinates: 18°30′14″S 137°13′07″E / 18.5039°S 137.2185°E[1] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Area | |||||||||||||
• Total | 26,671 km2 (10,298 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 60 (2016 census)[6] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 0.00225/km2 (0.0058/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0862[2] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 32.9 °C (91.2 °F)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 17.7 °C (63.9 °F)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 398.9 mm (15.70 in)[7] | ||||||||||||
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Nicholson is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the territory's east adjoining the border with the state of Queensland about 963 kilometres (598 mi) south-east of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][2]
The locality consists of the following land (from north to south, then west to east):[10][9]
- The Waannyi/Garawa Aboriginal Lands Trust
- Land described as NT Portion 561, and the Mittiehan and Mount Drummond pastoral leases, and
- The Alexandria pastoral lease.
As of 2020, it has an area of 26,671 square kilometres (10,298 sq mi).[5]
The locality's boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from the Nicholson River which was named by the explorer Ludwig Leichhardt during his 1844/45 expedition after "Dr William Alleyne Nicholson of Bristol, England."[1][11]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Nicholson had a population of 60 people.[6]
Nicholson is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.[4][3][1]
