Hugh, Northern Territory

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Not to be confused with Hughes, Northern Territory.

Hugh
Suburb
Hugh is located in Northern Territory
Hugh
Hugh
Coordinates: 24°20′S 133°37′E / 24.34°S 133.61°E / -24.34; 133.61[1]
CountryAustralia
StateNorthern Territory
LGA(s)
Location
Established4 April 2007[1]
Government
 • Territory electorate(s)
 • Federal division(s)
Area
[8]
 • Total
9,568 km2 (3,694 sq mi)
Population
 • Total(s)865 (2016 census)[6]
 • Density0.09041/km2 (0.23415/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+9:30 (ACST)
Postcode
0872[2]
Mean max temp28.9 °C (84.0 °F)[7]
Mean min temp13.3 °C (55.9 °F)[7]
Annual rainfall282.8 mm (11.13 in)[7]
Suburbs around Hugh
Burt Plain Burt Plain Burt Plain
White Gums
Arumbera
Burt Plain
Namatjira
Ghan		 Hugh Connellan
Hale
Ghan
Ghan Ghan Ghan
Adjoining localities[9][10]

Hugh is a locality in the Northern Territory, Australia, located about 1,328 kilometres (825 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.[1][2]

The locality consists of the following land from north to south – the Owen Springs, the Orange Creek and the Maryvale pastoral leases.[11][9][10]

The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. It is named after the river which flows through the locality and which was named as a creek by John McDouall Stuart in 1860 after a Hugh Chambers. It fully surrounds the community of Titjikala. As of 2020, it has an area of 9,568 square kilometres (3,694 sq mi).[1][8]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Hugh had 865 people living within its boundaries of which 687 (78.9%) identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”[6]

Hugh is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region.[4][3][9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Place Names Register Extract for Hugh". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Hugh Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Division of Namatjira". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Hugh (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hugh (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 April 2020. Edit this at Wikidata
  7. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Hugh". Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "Localities within McDonnell Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Localities within the Alice Springs Sub-region (CP5075)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 29 November 2006. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Northern Territory Pastoral Districts". Northern Territory Government. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2020.