Mitchell, Northern Territory

Mitchell is a suburb in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the city of Palmerston about 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of Darwin City.^[1][3]

Mitchell Darwin, Northern Territory
Mitchell
Coordinates	12°31′50″S 130°59′44″E[1]
Population	0 (2016 census)[2]
Established	17 October 1984[1]
Postcode(s)	0832[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location	18 km (11 mi) from Darwin City 6.2 km (4 mi) from Palmerston
LGA(s)	City of Palmerston[1]
Territory electorate(s)	Brennan
Federal division(s)	Lingiari[4]
Mean max temp[5] Mean min temp[5] Annual rainfall[5] 32.0 °C 90 °F 23.2 °C 74 °F 1,725.1 mm 67.9 in
Suburbs around Mitchell: Bellamack Bellamack Rosebery Zuccoli Virginia Bellamack Archer Mitchell Virginia Weddell Weddell Virginia Virginia
Footnotes	Locations[3][citation needed] Adjoining suburbs[6][7]

It is on the traditional Country and waterways of the Larrakia people.^[8]

Mitchell consists of land bounded by the centre of the channels of the Elizabeth River and Brooking Creek respectively to the south and to the east, the Channel Island Road and Roystonea Avenue to the west, and Bertram Road in part in the north.^[6][9]

Mitchell's name is derived from A.J. Mitchell, a member of the Goyder expedition to the Northern Territory who was involved during 1869–70 in the surveying of land now part of the current city of Palmerston and its hinterland. The suburb's boundary and name were originally gazetted on 17 October 1984 and revoked on 5 December 2001. It was re-registered on 3 April 2007 with a new set of boundaries which were subsequently altered on 24 May 2018.^[1]

As of 2019, land within Mitchell has been not developed and is zoned as follows – land along its southern and eastern boundaries and a watercourse passing through its centre from south to north is zoned as "Conservation" with the remainder is zoned being as "Future Development".^[9]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Mitchell had no people living within its boundaries.^[2]

Mitchell is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Brennan and the local government area of City of Palmerston.^[4][1]

References

1. "Place Names Register Extract for "Mitchell" (Suburb)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mitchell (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
3. "Mitchell Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
4. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
5. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics DARWIN AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
6. "Search result for "Mitchell"". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
7. "Palmerston City Council Suburbs" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
8. "The Larrakia People". Larrakia Nation. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
9. "Darwin and surrounds (map)" (PDF). Zoning maps. Northern Territory Government. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.