Robin Falls, Northern Territory
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| Coordinates: 13°22′02″S 131°07′43″E / 13.3673°S 131.1287°E[1] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 13 (2016 census)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0822[6] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 33.7 °C (92.7 °F)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 21.2 °C (70.2 °F)[7] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 1,564.4 mm (61.59 in)[7] | ||||||||||||
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| Locations[6] Adjoining localities[8][2] | |||||||||||||
Robin Falls is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located on the Cox Peninsula and adjoining land about 103 kilometres (64 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][6]
The locality was named after Robin Falls, a waterfall located within its boundaries and which is reported as being named by Clyde Fenton, a North Territory medical practitioner and pilot, after Robin Cook, the “daughter of Dr M Cook, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Protector of Aboriginals from 1927 to 1939”. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[8][1]
Robin Falls includes the site of a former World War II era chemical warfare facility which was listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register on 2 March 2011 under the name of the WWII 88 Mile Burrell Creek Chemical Warfare Depot and Camp.[9]
The 2016 Australian census reports that Robin Falls had 13 people living within its boundaries.[5]
Robin Falls is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Daly and within the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory.[4][3][2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Place Names Register Extract for Robin Falls". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Localities within Un-Incorporated area (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 29 October 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- 1 2 "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Robin Falls (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Robin Falls Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics BATCHELOR AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- 1 2 "Robin Falls". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ↑ "WWII 88 Mile Burrell Creek Chemical Warfare Depot and Camp". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
(located at) 2301 Dorat Road, Robin Falls
