Sandover, Northern Territory

Coordinates: 21°58′57″S 135°30′36″E / 21.9824°S 135.51°E

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Sandover
Northern Territory

Sandover

Coordinates

21°58′57″S 135°30′36″E / 21.9824°S 135.51°E^[1]

Population

634 (2016 census)^[2]

• Density

0.03358/km² (0.08697/sq mi)

Established

4 April 2007^[1]

Postcode(s)

0872 ^[3]

Area

18,880 km² (7,289.6 sq mi)^[4]

Time zone

ACST (UTC+9:30)

Location

1,133 km (704 mi) S of Darwin City

LGA(s)

Territory electorate(s)

Barkly^[6]

Federal division(s)

Lingiari^[7]

Mean max temp^[8]	Mean min temp^[8]	Annual rainfall^[8]
31.0 °C 88 °F	14.6 °C 58 °F	288.6 mm 11.4 in

Suburbs around Sandover:
Davenport	Davenport Costello	Costello
Davenport Anmatjere	Sandover	Costello Anatye
Anmatjere	Hart Anatye	Anatye

Footnotes

Locations^[3]
Adjoining localities^[9]^[10]^[5]^[a]

Sandover is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 1,133 kilometres (704 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.^[1]^[3]

The locality’s name is derived from the Sandover River whose course passes through the locality and which is considered to be named in 1878 after William Sandover, a South Australian politician. It fully surrounds the community of Ampilatwatja, which lies within the Aboriginal homelands area of Utopia, Northern Territory. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.^[9]^[1]

The Sandover Highway passes through the locality from the south-west to the north-east.^[9]

Sandover includes the following places that have been listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register – the Eldo Rocket Shelters Ooratippra and the Old MacDonald Downs Homestead.^[11]^[12]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Sandover had 634 people living within its boundaries, of whom 45.2% were male, 54.8% were female and 91.6% (577) identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”^[2]

Sandover is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government areas of the Barkly Region and the Central Desert Region.^[7]^[6]^[10]

References

Notes

^ The locality of Sandover fully surrounds the community of Ampilatwatja.^[9]

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Place Names Register Extract for Sandover". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Sandover (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Sandover Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^ "Sandover". Australias Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Localities within Central Desert Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Division of Barkly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics JERVOIS (nearest weather station that has current data)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Sandover". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Localities within Barkly Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^ "Eldo Rocket Shelters Ooratippra". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
^ "Old MacDonald Downs Homestead". Heritage Register. Northern Territory Government. 14 June 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

v t e Localities and communities of the Barkly Region
Localities	Anmatjere (part) Costello Creswell Davenport Elliott Newcastle Waters Nicholson Pamayu Sandover (part) Ranken Tablelands Tanami East Tennant Creek Warumungu
Communities	Ali Curung Alpurrurulam Ampilatwatja Canteen Creek Tara Wutungurra

v t e Localities and communities of the Central Desert Region
Localities	Anatye Anmatjere (part) Chilla Well Gurindji (part) Hart Lake Mackay (part) Sandover (part) Tanami Ti-Tree
Communities	Atitjere Engawala Lajamanu Laramba Nyirripi Willowra Wilora Yuelamu Yuendumu

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