Elliott, Northern Territory

Elliott is a town in Northern Territory of Australia. It is almost halfway between Darwin and Alice Springs on the Stuart Highway. The town is in the Yapurkulangu ward of the Barkly Region. At the 2016 census, Elliott had a population of 339.^[2]

Elliott Northern Territory
Elliott
Coordinates	17°33′10″S 133°32′27″E / 17.5527°S 133.5408°E / -17.5527; 133.5408^[1]
Population	339 (2016 census)^[2]
Established	1 May 1947 (town) 4 April 2007^[3]^[4]
Postcode(s)	0862^[5]
Elevation	220 m (722 ft)^[6]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location	636 km (395 mi) from Darwin^[5] 761 km (473 mi) from Alice Springs^[3]
LGA(s)	Barkly Region^[4]
Territory electorate(s)	Barkly^[7]
Federal division(s)	Lingiari^[8]
Mean max temp^[6] Mean min temp^[6] Annual rainfall^[6] 34.5 °C 94 °F 19.1 °C 66 °F 601.8 mm 23.7 in
Localities around Elliott: Pamayu Pamayu Pamayu Pamayu Elliott Pamayu Pamayu Pamayu Pamayu
Footnotes	Adjoining localities^[9]^[10]

History

The area is the home of the Jingili people and the traditional name of the town is Kulumindini. The town began at the site of Number 8 Bore on Newcastle Waters Station as an Australian Army camp during World War II. It is named after Army Captain R.D (Snow) Elliott MBE.

Geography

Elliott is on the edge of the Newcastle Waters Station and is 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Newcastle Waters, a town near the station homestead and at the junction of three important stockroutes. It lies close to the seasonal Lake Woods and is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.^[8][7][4]

Climate

Elliott experiences a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh), being a little too dry to be classified as a tropical savanna climate (Aw), with a wet season from late November to March and a dry season from April to late October.

Climate data for Elliott
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	45.8 (114.4)	44.9 (112.8)	42.5 (108.5)	40.3 (104.5)	38.5 (101.3)	36.4 (97.5)	36.2 (97.2)	38.6 (101.5)	42.0 (107.6)	44.4 (111.9)	45.0 (113.0)	46.5 (115.7)	46.5 (115.7)
Average high °C (°F)	37.5 (99.5)	36.7 (98.1)	35.7 (96.3)	34.5 (94.1)	31.4 (88.5)	28.4 (83.1)	28.4 (83.1)	31.3 (88.3)	35.4 (95.7)	38.0 (100.4)	39.1 (102.4)	38.7 (101.7)	34.6 (94.3)
Average low °C (°F)	24.1 (75.4)	23.8 (74.8)	22.2 (72.0)	19.5 (67.1)	15.9 (60.6)	12.4 (54.3)	11.2 (52.2)	13.3 (55.9)	17.4 (63.3)	20.9 (69.6)	23.4 (74.1)	24.4 (75.9)	19.0 (66.2)
Record low °C (°F)	16.0 (60.8)	16.2 (61.2)	12.2 (54.0)	9.0 (48.2)	6.6 (43.9)	2.5 (36.5)	1.5 (34.7)	1.8 (35.2)	7.2 (45.0)	7.5 (45.5)	12.3 (54.1)	14.4 (57.9)	1.5 (34.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	135.8 (5.35)	160.4 (6.31)	85.0 (3.35)	23.8 (0.94)	7.4 (0.29)	4.9 (0.19)	3.0 (0.12)	1.1 (0.04)	6.0 (0.24)	23.3 (0.92)	46.2 (1.82)	95.4 (3.76)	604.3 (23.79)
Average rainy days	10.1	10.2	7.1	1.6	1.1	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.2	3.4	5.5	8.2	49.7
Source: Bureau of Meteorology^[6]

Community Services

Barkly Regional Council,^[11] with the support of Library & Archives NT, delivers public library and information services in Elliott through the Tennant Creek Public Library.^[12] The Library has a range of services available to all residents & visitors to the region. Visitors to the region can also access temporary membership^[13] for the duration of their stay. The Library has a range of services available including computer access, Wi-Fi, printing and scanning. For resources not available through Tennant Creek Public Library's print or eResource collection the Inter-Library Loans service can attempt to source for you from another library in the Northern Territory.

Library members have access to additional benefits including borrowing of a large collection of resources (Fiction, Non-Fiction, Large Print and Picture books ; Comics & Graphic Novels ; Movies and TV Series ; Music CDs ; Audiobooks ; Magazines) from nearly and public library in NT, free Internet, online resources like BorrowBox^[14] and Busythings.^[15]

Industry

Elliott is the proposed site of a very large solar panel installation that is part of the Sun Cable project.

Notable people

• The members of the Kulumindini Band.^{[citation needed]}
• Jake Neade, an AFL footballer.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Place Names Register Extract for "Elliott" (town)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Elliott (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2016 Census QuickStats.  
3. Driver, A.R. (1 May 1947). "THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA, Nomenclature (Public Places) Ordinance 1945". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. No. 79. Australia. p. 1233. Retrieved 22 May 2019 – via National Library of Australia. Elliott — The township on the Stuart Highway about 483 miles from Darwin and about 471 miles from Alice Springs
4. "Place Names Register Extract for "Elliott" (locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
5. "Elliot Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
6. "Elliott". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
7. "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
8. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
9. "Elliot". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
10. (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
11. "Home | Barkly Regional Council". www.barkly.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
12. "Public Library | Barkly Regional Council". www.barkly.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
13. "FAQs | Barkly Regional Council". www.barkly.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
14. "BorrowBox – Your library in one app". www.borrowbox.com. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
15. "Learn Through Play with Busy Things!". Busy Things. Retrieved 26 May 2021.