Nemarluk, Northern Territory

Nemarluk is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 210 kilometres (130 mi) south-west of the territorial capital of Darwin.^[1][3]

Nemarluk Northern Territory
Nemarluk
Coordinates	14°02′39″S 130°08′28″E[1]
Population	131 (2016 census)[2]
Established	4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)	0822[3]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location	210 km (130 mi) SW of Darwin City
LGA(s)	Victoria Daly Region[1] West Daly Region[4][5]
Territory electorate(s)	Daly[6]
Federal division(s)	Lingiari[7]
Mean max temp[8] Mean min temp[8] Annual rainfall[8] 33.6 °C 92 °F 25.5 °C 78 °F 1,317.8 mm 51.9 in
Suburbs around Nemarluk: Timor Sea Rakula Rakula Timor Sea Thamarrurr Nganmarriyanga Thamarrurr Nemarluk Daly River Tipperary Douglas-Daly Claravale Bradshaw Bradshaw Bradshaw
Footnotes	Locations[3] Adjoining localities[4]

It consists of land bounded in part by the Daly River and the Timor Sea in the north and north-west respectively, in part by the Fitzmaurice River in the south, and in part again by the Daly River in the east.^[4]

Nemarluk is named in commemoration of Nemarluk (circa 1911 -1940), an aboriginal man notable as an “Indigenous resistance fighter”, a murderer and as a prisoner.^[9] The locality's boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.^[1]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Nemarluk had 131 people living within its boundaries.^[2]

Nemarluk is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Daly and the local government areas of the Victoria Daly Region and the West Daly Region.^{[7][1][4][6][5]}