Weddell, Northern Territory

Weddell is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-east of the territory capital of Darwin City.[1][3]

Weddell Northern Territory
Weddell
Coordinates	12°37′02″S 131°00′24″E[1]
Population	69 (2016 census)[2]
Established	4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)	0822[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location	24 km (15 mi) SE of Darwin City
LGA(s)	Litchfield Municipality[1]
Territory electorate(s)	Daly[4]
Federal Division(s)	Lingiari[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6] 32.1 °C 90 °F 23.2 °C 74 °F 1,725.1 mm 67.9 in
Suburbs around Weddell: Archer Archer Mitchell Virginia Virginia Wickham Blackmore Weddell Virginia Creek Bees Noonamah Blackmore Berry Springs Livingstone
Footnotes	Locations[3] Adjoining localities[7][8]

Weddell is located on land and some adjoining waters which are bounded in part by the Blackmore River in the west, the Elizabeth River in the east and the Cox Peninsula Road in the south. The locality was named after the satellite town proposed during the late 1980s to be located to the south of the Darwin urban area and which was named after Robert Weddell who served as the Government Resident of North Australia from 1927 to 1931 and as the Administrator of the Northern Territory from 1931 to 1937. In 2010, the Northern Territory Government convened a forum to consider options for a future city located within the current locality's boundaries. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[1][7][9]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Weddell had 69 people living within its boundaries.[2]

Weddell is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Daly and within the local government area of the Litchfield Municipality.[5][4][8]

References

1. "Place Names Register Extract for Weddell (locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Weddell (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
3. "Weddell Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
4. "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
5. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics DARWIN AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
7. "Weddell". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
8. "Litchfield Municipality Localities (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 29 October 1997. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
9. Morris, Wendy; Bowers, Stephen (November 2010). "Weddell Design Forum, A Summary of the Outcomes of a Workshop to explore Issues + Options for the future City of Weddell" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. p. 1. Retrieved 13 June 2019.