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Dundee Forest, Northern Territory
Dundee Forest is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 58 kilometres (36 mi) south-west of the territory capital of Darwin. The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Dundee Forest had 73 people living within its boundaries.

Geography

Dundee Forest consists of land extending from the coastline of Bynoe Harbour in the north to just south of the Fog Bay Road which passes through the locality on its way from the Cox Peninsula Road in the east to Fog Bay in the west. Dundee Forest and the other two nearby localities prefixed with the name "Dundee" are named after the sub-divisions with these names. The name "Dundee" is believed to be derived from the 1986 film, Crocodile Dundee. The boundaries for Dundee Forest were gazetted on 29 October 1997 with the gazettal being revoked on 3 April 2007 with new boundaries being gazetted on 4 April 2007.

Dundee Forest is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Daly and within the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory.

References

  1. ^ "Localities within Un-Incorporated area (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 29 October 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 5 May 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
  2. ^ "Place Names Register Extract for Dundee Forest". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Dundee Forest (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 May 2019. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Palmer, M.J. (29 October 1997). "Place Names Act, NAMING OF PUBLIC PLACE" (PDF). Northern Territory Government Gazette. Northern Territory Government. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 February 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Dundee Forest Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics DUM IN MIRRIE AIRSTRIP (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Dundee Forest". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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