Shoal Bay, Northern Territory

Shoal Bay
Darwin, Northern Territory
Shoal Bay is located in Darwin, Australia
Shoal Bay
Shoal Bay
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Coordinates12°21′57″S 131°03′17″E / 12.3659°S 131.0548°E / -12.3659; 131.0548[1]
Population0 (2016 census)[2]
Established4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)0830[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location20 km (12 mi) E of Darwin
LGA(s)Litchfield Municipality[1]
Territory electorate(s)Nelson[4]
Federal division(s)Lingiari[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6]
32.1 °C
90 °F		 23.2 °C
74 °F		 1,725.1 mm
67.9 in
Suburbs around Shoal Bay:
Beagle Gulf Beagle Gulf
Murrumujuk		 Murrumujuk
Micket Creek
Knuckey Lagoon		 Shoal Bay Koolpinyah
Knuckey Lagoon Holtze
Howard Springs		 Koolpinyah
FootnotesAdjoining suburbs[7][8]

Shoal Bay is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of the territory capital of Darwin.[3]

The locality is named after the nearby bay which was named in 1839 by Commander Wickham and Lieutenant Stokes during HMS Beagle's third survey expedition.[1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Shoal Bay had no people living within its boundaries.[2]

Shoal Bay is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Nelson and the local government area of the Litchfield Municipality.[5][4][8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Place Names Register Extract for "Shoal Bay" (locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Shoal Bay (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "Shoal Bay Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Division of Nelson". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics DARWIN AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Shoal Bay". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 April 2019.