Wak Wak, Northern Territory

Suburb in Northern Territory, Australia

Wak Wak
Darwin, Northern Territory

Wak Wak

Coordinates| 12°39′59.0″S 131°14′34.4″E﻿ / ﻿12.666389°S 131.242889°E﻿ / -12.666389; 131.242889[1]
Population| 0 (2016 census)[2]
Established| 4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)| 0830[3]
Time zone| ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location| 55 km (34 mi) E of Darwin
LGA(s)| Litchfield Municipality[1]
Territory electorate(s)| Nelson[4]
Federal division(s)| Lingiari[5]
| Mean max temp[6] | Mean min temp[6] | Annual rainfall[6]

|
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32.1 °C
90 °F | 23.2 °C
74 °F | 1,725.1 mm
67.9 in
| Suburbs around Wak Wak:

Humpty Doo | Lambells Lagoon | Middle Point
Lloyd Creek | Wak Wak | Marrakai
Acacia Hills | Daly | Marrakai
Footnotes| Adjoining suburbs[7][8]

Wak Wak is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 55 kilometres (34 mi) east of the territory capital of Darwin.[3]

The locality is named for the local Aboriginal word for 'crow'.[1]

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

Wak Wak is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Nelson and the local government area of the Litchfield Municipality.[5][4][8]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Place Names Register Extract for "Wak Wak" (locality)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wak Wak (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
3. ^ a b "Shoal Bay Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
4. ^ a b "Division of Nelson". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
5. ^ a b "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
6. ^ a b c "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics DARWIN AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
7. ^ "Wak Wak". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
8. ^ a b "Litchfield Municipality Localities" (PDF). Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

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Suburbs and towns of the Litchfield Municipality

Outer Darwin|

* Bees Creek
* Coolalinga
* Freds Pass
* Girraween
* Holtze
* Howard Springs
* Humpty Doo
* Knuckey Lagoon
* McMinns Lagoon
* Noonamah
* Virginia
* Micket Creek

Western Rural|

* Berry Springs
* Blackmore
* Channel Island
* Darwin River
* Fly Creek
* Livingstone
* Southport
* Tumbling Waters
* Weddell
* Wickham

Eastern Rural|

* Acacia Hills
* Black Jungle
* Gunn Point
* Herbert
* Hughes
* Lambells Lagoon
* Lloyd Creek
* Manton
* Middle Point
* Murrumujuk
* Daly
* Glyde Point
* Koolpinyah
* Shoal Bay
* Wak Wak

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