Sandover, Northern Territory

Sandover
Northern Territory
Sandover is located in Northern Territory
Sandover
Sandover
Coordinates21°58′57″S 135°30′36″E / 21.9824°S 135.51°E / -21.9824; 135.51[1]
Population634 (2016 census)[2]
 • Density0.03358/km2 (0.08697/sq mi)
Established4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)0872 [3]
Area18,880 km2 (7,289.6 sq mi)[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location1,133 km (704 mi) S of Darwin City
LGA(s)
Territory electorate(s)Barkly[6]
Federal division(s)Lingiari[7]
Mean max temp[8] Mean min temp[8] Annual rainfall[8]
31.0 °C
88 °F		 14.6 °C
58 °F		 288.6 mm
11.4 in
Suburbs around Sandover:
Davenport Davenport
Costello		 Costello
Davenport
Anmatjere		 Sandover Costello
Anatye
Anmatjere Hart
Anatye		 Anatye
FootnotesLocations[3]
Adjoining localities[9][10][5][a]

Sandover is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 1,133 kilometres (704 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][3]

The locality’s name is derived from the Sandover River whose course passes through the locality and which is considered to be named in 1878 after William Sandover, a South Australian politician. It fully surrounds the community of Ampilatwatja, which lies within the Aboriginal homelands area of Utopia, Northern Territory. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[9][1]

The Sandover Highway passes through the locality from the south-west to the north-east.[9]

Sandover includes the following places that have been listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register – the Eldo Rocket Shelters Ooratippra and the Old MacDonald Downs Homestead.[11][12]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Sandover had 634 people living within its boundaries, of whom 45.2% were male, 54.8% were female and 91.6% (577) identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”[2]

Sandover is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government areas of the Barkly Region and the Central Desert Region.[7][6][10]

References

Notes

  1. ^ The locality of Sandover fully surrounds the community of Ampilatwatja.[9]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e "Place Names Register Extract for Sandover". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Sandover (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 April 2019. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b c "Sandover Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Sandover". Australias Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Localities within Central Desert Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Division of Barkly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  8. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics JERVOIS (nearest weather station that has current data)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  9. ^ a b c d "Sandover". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Localities within Barkly Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Eldo Rocket Shelters Ooratippra". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Old MacDonald Downs Homestead". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 14 June 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2019.