Middle Point, Northern Territory

Middle Point
Darwin, Northern Territory
Middle Point Antenna Farm or Department of Defence Transmitting Station
Middle Point
Coordinates Coordinates: 12°36′09.64″S 131°18′08.58″E / 12.6026778°S 131.3023833°E / -12.6026778; 131.3023833
Population 58 (2016 census)[1]
LGA(s) Litchfield Municipality

Middle Point is an administrative locality in the Northern Territory of Australia.

This locality derives its name from the ridge of fertile land sticking into the edge of the coastal plains of the Adelaide River.

Some features of this locality are

  1. a CSIRO Research Station,
  2. a school (the Middle Point School),
  3. a Department of Defence Transmitting Station ,
  4. assorted farms,
  5. Harrison Dam ,
  6. Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve
  7. and was the home of the failed Humpty Doo Rice Project .

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Middle Point (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
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