Cox Peninsula, Northern Territory

Cox Peninsula is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located on the Cox Peninsula and adjoining land about 28 kilometres (17 mi) south-west of the territorial capital of Darwin.[1][3]

Cox Peninsula
Northern Territory
Rocks at Imaluk Beach
Cox Peninsula
Coordinates12°32′56″S 130°43′03″E[1]
Population15 (2016 census)[2]
Established4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)0822[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location28 km (17 mi) SW of Darwin City
LGA(s)Unincorporated area[4]
Territory electorate(s)Daly[5]
Federal Division(s)Lingiari[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
32.0 °C
90 °F		 23.2 °C
74 °F		 1,725.1 mm
67.9 in
Suburbs around Cox Peninsula:
Beagle Gulf Beagle Gulf
Darwin Harbour		 Darwin Harbour
Wagait Beach
Mandorah
Darwin Harbour
Beagle Gulf
Bynoe		 Cox Peninsula Darwin Harbour
Channel Island
Wickham Blackmore
Bynoe Bynoe
Charlotte		 Blackmore
FootnotesLocations[3]
Adjoining localities[8][4][lower-alpha 1]

Cox Peninsula consists of land both on the Cox Peninsula and its immediate south and which is located within the cadastral units of the hundreds of Bray and Parsons, but does not included land within the two local government areas established on the peninsula, the Belyuen Shire and Wagait Shire.[8][4]

The locality is named after the Cox Peninsula which itself is named after Matthew Dillon Cox, a pastoralist who applied in 1869 for a lease over the entire peninsula. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[8][1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Cox Peninsula had 15 people living within its boundaries.[2]

Cox Peninsula is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Daly and within the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory.[6][8][5][4]

References

Notes
  1. the locality of Cox Peninsula fully surrounds the locality of Belyuen.[8]

Citations
  1. "Place Names Register Extract for Cox Peninsula". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cox Peninsula (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  3. "Cox Peninsula Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  4. "Localities within Un-Incorporated area (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 29 October 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019. the Un-Incorporated area described as either 'Dundee', 'West of Coomalie Shire and Litchfield Municipality' or 'Un-incorporated area - west of Litchfield and Palmerston Municipality' on the official website
  5. "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics DARWIN AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  8. "Cox Peninsula". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
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