Suburb of Barkly Region, the Northern Territory, Australia
Tablelands is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 858 kilometres (533 mi) south-east of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][3]
The locality consists of the following land (from west to east, then north to south):[10][11]
- Banka Banka West pastoral lease
- Banka Banka and Bruchilly pastoral leases
- Rockhampton Downs pastoral lease and land described as NT Portion 502, and
- Brunette Downs pastoral lease, NT Portion 4472, and Alroy Downs and Dalmopre Downs pastoral leases.
The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from the Barkly Tableland.[8][1] As of 2020, it has an area of 33,393 square kilometres (12,893 sq mi).[4]
The Barkly Highway passes from west to east along the southern side of the locality forming part of its southern boundary at its eastern end.[8]
Tablelands includes the homestead known as the Banka Banka Mud Hut which was listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register on 30 August 2006.[12]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Tablelands had 210 people living within its boundaries.[2]
Tablelands is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.[6][5][9]
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