Pamayu, Northern Territory
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| Pamayu Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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  Pamayu | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°36′05″S 134°08′40″E / 17.6013°S 134.1444°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 33 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0862[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 725 km (450 mi) SE of Darwin City | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Barkly Region[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Barkly[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari[5] | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Locations[3] Adjoining localities[7][8][a] | ||||||||||||||
Pamayu is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 725 kilometres (450 mi) south-east of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][3]
The locality’s name which is pronounced as "Bama-yu" is derived from the local Djingli aboriginal people’s name for the site where the Powell Creek Telegraph Station was located. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007 and fully surrounds the localities of Elliott and Newcastle Waters. Its boundary with the locality of Elliott was amended on 20 January 2016.[7][1][9]
The Stuart Highway and the Adelaide-Darwin Railway both pass from south to north on the western side of the locality.[7]
Pamayu includes the following places that have been listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register – the Powell Creek Telegraph Station and the Ucharonidge Station No. 1 Bore & Windmill.[10][11]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Pamayu had 33 people living within its boundaries.[2]
Pamayu is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.[5][4][8]
