Wak Wak, Northern Territory

Wak Wak
Darwin, Northern Territory
Wak Wak; Darwin, Northern Territory
	Wak Wak
Coordinates	12°39′59.0″S 131°14′34.4″E / 12.666389°S 131.242889°E
Population	0 (2016 census)
Established	4 April 2007
Postcode(s)	0830
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location	55 km (34 mi) E of Darwin
LGA(s)	Litchfield Municipality
Territory electorate(s)	Nelson
Federal division(s)	Lingiari
	Suburbs around Wak Wak:
Footnotes	Adjoining suburbs

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

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