Robin Falls, Northern Territory

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][3]

Robin Falls
Northern Territory
Robin Falls
Coordinates13°22′02″S 131°07′43″E[1]
Population13 (2016 census)[2]
Established4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)0822[3]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location103 km (64 mi) S 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]
33.7 °C
93 °F		 21.2 °C
70 °F		 1,564.4 mm
61.6 in
Suburbs around Robin Falls:
Litchfield Park Litchfield Park
Adelaide River
Margaret River		 Margaret River
Litchfield Park
Tipperary		 Robin Falls Margaret River
Douglas-Daly
Tipperary Tipperary
Douglas-Daly		 Douglas-Daly
FootnotesLocations[3]
Adjoining localities[8][4]

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 which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Robin Falls had 13 people living within its boundaries.[2]

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.[6][5][4]

References
  1. "Place Names Register Extract for Robin Falls". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Robin Falls (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. "Robin Falls Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  4. "Localities within Un-Incorporated area (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 29 October 1997. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  5. "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics BATCHELOR AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  8. "Robin Falls". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  9. "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
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