Elliott, Northern Territory
History
The area is the home of the Jingili people and the traditional name of the town is Kulumindini. The town began at the site of Number 8 Bore on Newcastle Waters Station as an Australian Army camp during World War II. It is named after Army Captain R.D (Snow) Elliott MBE.
Geography
Elliott is on the edge of the Newcastle Waters Station and is 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Newcastle Waters, a town near the station homestead and at the junction of three important stockroutes. It lies close to the seasonal Lake Woods and is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the Barkly Region.
Climate
Elliott experiences a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSh), being a little too dry to be classified as a tropical savanna climate (Aw), with a wet season from late November to March and a dry season from April to late October.
| Climate data for Elliott, elevation 220 m (720 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1980–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 45.8 (114.4) |
44.9 (112.8) |
43.0 (109.4) |
40.3 (104.5) |
38.5 (101.3) |
36.4 (97.5) |
36.2 (97.2) |
38.6 (101.5) |
42.0 (107.6) |
44.4 (111.9) |
45.0 (113.0) |
46.5 (115.7) |
46.5 (115.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 37.2 (99.0) |
36.4 (97.5) |
35.8 (96.4) |
34.8 (94.6) |
31.0 (87.8) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.7 (83.7) |
31.2 (88.2) |
35.8 (96.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
39.2 (102.6) |
38.4 (101.1) |
34.6 (94.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 24.3 (75.7) |
23.9 (75.0) |
22.5 (72.5) |
19.8 (67.6) |
15.9 (60.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
11.6 (52.9) |
12.9 (55.2) |
17.6 (63.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
23.5 (74.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
19.2 (66.6) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 16.0 (60.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
6.2 (43.2) |
2.5 (36.5) |
1.5 (34.7) |
1.8 (35.2) |
7.2 (45.0) |
7.5 (45.5) |
12.3 (54.1) |
14.4 (57.9) |
1.5 (34.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 170.9 (6.73) |
160.9 (6.33) |
68.1 (2.68) |
20.7 (0.81) |
7.6 (0.30) |
3.5 (0.14) |
0.8 (0.03) |
0.5 (0.02) |
4.0 (0.16) |
19.6 (0.77) |
45.7 (1.80) |
124.2 (4.89) |
626.5 (24.66) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.7 | 9 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 8.4 | 42.8 |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology | |||||||||||||
Community Services
Barkly Regional Council, with the support of Library & Archives NT, delivers public library and information services in Elliott through the Tennant Creek Public Library. The Library has a range of services available to all residents & visitors to the region. Visitors to the region can also access temporary membership for the duration of their stay. The Library has a range of services available including computer access, Wi-Fi, printing and scanning. For resources not available through Tennant Creek Public Library's print or eResource collection the Inter-Library Loans service can attempt to source for you from another library in the Northern Territory.
Library members have access to additional benefits including borrowing of a large collection of resources (Fiction, Non-Fiction, Large Print and Picture books ; Comics & Graphic Novels ; Movies and TV Series ; Music CDs ; Audiobooks ; Magazines) from nearly and public library in NT, free Internet, online resources like BorrowBox and Busythings.
Industry
Elliott is the proposed site of a very large solar panel installation that is part of the Sun Cable project.
Notable people
- The members of the Kulumindini Band.
- Jake Neade, an AFL footballer.