Daguragu, Northern Territory

Daguragu is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 551 kilometres (342 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin and located about 460 kilometres (290 mi) south-west of the municipal seat in Katherine.[1][3][5]

Daguragu
Northern Territory
Daguragu
Coordinates17°25′12″S 130°48′18″E[1]
Population242 (2016 census)[2]
 • Density5.488/km2 (14.21/sq mi)
Establishedprior to 1974 (community)
4 April 2007 (locality)[1]
Postcode(s)0852[3]
Area44.1 km2 (17.0 sq mi)[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location
LGA(s)Victoria Daly Region[1]
Territory electorate(s) Stuart[6]
Federal Division(s)Lingiari[7]
Mean max temp[8] Mean min temp[8] Annual rainfall[8]
34.3 °C
94 °F		 19.0 °C
66 °F		 682.9 mm
26.9 in
Suburbs around Daguragu:
Gurindji Gurindji Gurindji
Gurindji Daguragu Gurindji
Kalkarindji
Gurindji Gurindji
Kalkarindji		 Kalkarindji
FootnotesAdjoining localities[9]

The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. It is named after the Aboriginal community located within its boundaries where in 1974, then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam presented the title to the land granted to the Gurindji people following the events of the Wave Hill walk-off in 1966. As of 2020, it has an area of 44.1 square kilometres (17.0 sq mi).[4][1][10]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Daguragu had a population of 242 people of which 233 (96%) were described as “ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.”[2][11]

Dagurgu is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Stuart and the local government area of the Victoria Daly Region.[7][6][1]

References
  1. "Place Names Register Extract for Daguragu (Administrative Area)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Daguragu (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats.
  3. "Daguragu postcode". Postcode Finders. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. "Daguragu". Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  5. "OUR COMMUNITIES: Kalkarindji / Daguragu". Victoria Daly Region. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  6. "Division of Stuart". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  7. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  8. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary Wave Hill (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  9. "Localities within Victoria River sub-region (CP-5459)" (PDF). NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  10. "Place Names Register Extract for Daguragu (Community)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  11. "Daguragu Indigenous Location (ILOC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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