Hugh, Northern Territory

Not to be confused with Hughes, Northern Territory.

Hugh is a locality in the Northern Territory, Australia, located about 1,328 kilometres (825 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.^[1][3]

Hugh Northern Territory
Hugh
Coordinates	24°20′S 133°37′E[1]
Population	865 (2016 census)[2]
• Density	0.09041/km2 (0.23415/sq mi)
Established	4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)	0872 [3]
Area	9,568 km2 (3,694.2 sq mi)[4]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location	1,328 km (825 mi) S of Darwin City[3]
LGA(s)	MacDonnell Region[1]
Territory electorate(s)	Namatjira[5]
Federal division(s)	Lingiari[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7] 28.9 °C 84 °F 13.3 °C 56 °F 282.8 mm 11.1 in
Suburbs around Hugh: Burt Plain Burt Plain Burt Plain White Gums Arumbera Burt Plain Namatjira Ghan Hugh Connellan Hale Ghan Ghan Ghan Ghan
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[8][9]

The locality consists of the following land from north to south – the Owen Springs, the Orange Creek and the Maryvale pastoral leases.^[10][8][9]

The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. It is named after the river which flows through the locality and which was named as a creek by John McDouall Stuart in 1860 after a Hugh Chambers. It fully surrounds the community of Titjikala. As of 2020, it has an area of 9,568 square kilometres (3,694 sq mi).^[1][4]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Hugh had 865 people living within its boundaries of which 687 (78.9%) identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”^[2]

Hugh is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region.^[6][5][8]

References

1. "Place Names Register Extract for Hugh". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Hugh (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
3. "Hugh Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 12 April 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Hugh". Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
5. "Division of Namatjira". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
6. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
7. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
8. "Localities within McDonnell Shire (sic) (map)" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
9. "Localities within the Alice Springs Sub-region (CP5075)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. 29 November 2006. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
10. "Northern Territory Pastoral Districts". Northern Territory Government. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2020.