Point Stuart is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of the territorial capital of Darwin.[1][7]
Point Stuart | |||||||||||||
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  Point Stuart | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 12°33′40″S 131°52′23″E / 12.561°S 131.873°E[1] | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 4 April 2007[1] | ||||||||||||
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| • Federal division | |||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1 m (3.3 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||||
| • Total | 22 (2016 census)[6] | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0822[7] | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 32.9 °C (91.2 °F)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 22.8 °C (73.0 °F)[5] | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 1,387.7 mm (54.63 in)[5] | ||||||||||||
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| Locations[7] Adjoining localities[8][2] | |||||||||||||
The locality consists of land bounded in part to the west by the Mary River, in part to the north by the coastline of Van Diemen Gulf, to the east by the Kakadu National Park and in the south by the Arnhem Highway. The locality was named after a feature on the coastline of Van Diemen Gulf which was named in honour of John McDouall Stuart for his successful crossing of the Australian continent in 1862.Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[8][1]
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Point Stuart had 22 people living within its boundaries.[6]
Point Stuart is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Goyder and within the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory.[4][3][2]
Climate
editThe airstrip has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw) with a wet season from November to April and a dry season from May to October.[9] Extreme temperatures ranged from 38.8 °C (101.8 °F) on 7 November 2020 to 8.4 °C (47.1 °F) on 25 July 2023. The wettest recorded day was 25 December 2021 with 174.6 mm (6.87 in) of rainfall.[10]
| Climate data for Point Stuart (12°14′S 131°53′E / 12.24°S 131.88°E) (1 m (3.3 ft) AMSL) (1994-2025) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 37.6 (99.7) |
36.5 (97.7) |
36.2 (97.2) |
35.9 (96.6) |
35.3 (95.5) |
34.4 (93.9) |
35.5 (95.9) |
36.8 (98.2) |
38.2 (100.8) |
38.3 (100.9) |
38.8 (101.8) |
38.3 (100.9) |
38.8 (101.8) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 32.6 (90.7) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
32.4 (90.3) |
33.5 (92.3) |
34.8 (94.6) |
34.9 (94.8) |
34.0 (93.2) |
32.9 (91.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 25.2 (77.4) |
25.1 (77.2) |
25.2 (77.4) |
24.4 (75.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
25.0 (77.0) |
25.3 (77.5) |
22.8 (73.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 21.0 (69.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.7 (69.3) |
16.4 (61.5) |
14.0 (57.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
10.2 (50.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
21.3 (70.3) |
22.3 (72.1) |
8.4 (47.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 297.8 (11.72) |
269.2 (10.60) |
220.1 (8.67) |
116.9 (4.60) |
16.5 (0.65) |
1.4 (0.06) |
0.6 (0.02) |
8.3 (0.33) |
10.9 (0.43) |
51.6 (2.03) |
113.9 (4.48) |
234.7 (9.24) |
1,387.7 (54.63) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 18.5 | 18.1 | 16.3 | 8.4 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 8.6 | 14.5 | 95.6 |
| Source: Bureau of Meteorology (1994-2025)[5] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 "Place Names Register Extract for Point Stuart". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Localities within Un-Incorporated area (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 29 October 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- 1 2 "Division of Goyder". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- 1 2 "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Point Stuart Climate Statistics (1994-2025)". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Point Stuart (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Point Stuart Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- 1 2 "Point Stuart". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ↑ "Climate classification maps: Köppen - all classes". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ↑ "Point Stuart Climate (1994-2025)". FarmOnline Weather. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
