Robin Falls, Northern Territory

Robin Falls is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located on the Cox Peninsula and adjoining land about 103 kilometres (64 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.[2][4]

Robin Falls
Northern Territory
Robin Falls is located in Northern Territory
Robin Falls
Robin Falls
Coordinates13°22′02″S 131°07′43″E / 13.3673°S 131.1287°E / -13.3673; 131.1287[2]
Population13 (2016 census)[3]
Established4 April 2007[2]
Postcode(s)0822[4]
Time zoneACST (UTC+9:30)
Location103 km (64 mi) S of Darwin City
LGA(s)unincorporated area[1]
Territory electorate(s)Daly[5]
Federal division(s)Lingiari[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7]
33.7 °C
93 °F
21.2 °C
70 °F
1,564.4 mm
61.6 in
Suburbs around Robin Falls:
Litchfield Park Litchfield Park
Adelaide River
Margaret River
Margaret River
Litchfield Park
Tipperary
Robin Falls Margaret River
Douglas-Daly
Tipperary Tipperary
Douglas-Daly
Douglas-Daly
FootnotesLocations[4]
Adjoining localities[8][1]

The locality was named after Robin Falls, a waterfall located within its boundaries and which is reported as being named by Clyde Fenton, a North Territory medical practitioner and pilot, after Robin Cook, the “daughter of Dr M Cook, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Protector of Aboriginals from 1927 to 1939”. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.[8][2]

Robin Falls includes the site of a former World War II era chemical warfare facility which was listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register on 2 March 2011 under the name of the WWII 88 Mile Burrell Creek Chemical Warfare Depot and Camp.[9]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Robin Falls had 13 people living within its boundaries.[3]

Robin Falls is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Daly and within the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory.[6][5][1]

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