Mandorah, Northern Territory

Mandorah is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia. Its local government area is the Wagait Shire. At the 2016 census, Mandorah had no people living within its boundaries.[2]

Mandorah Northern Territory
Sea Cat Ferry approaching Mandorah Wharf
Mandorah
Coordinates	12°26′58″S 130°45′27″E[1]
Population	0 (2016 census)[2]
Established	4 December 2002[1]
Postcode(s)	0822
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location	8 km (5 mi) W of Darwin 130 km (81 mi) from Darwin
LGA(s)	Wagait Shire[1]
Territory electorate(s)	Daly[3]
Federal Division(s)	Lingiari[4]
Mean max temp[5] Mean min temp[5] Annual rainfall[5] 32.0 °C 90 °F 23.2 °C 74 °F 1,725.1 mm 67.9 in
Suburbs around Mandorah: Wagait Beach Wagait Beach Darwin Harbour Darwin Harbour Wagait Beach Cox Peninsula Mandorah Darwin Harbour Cox Peninsula Cox Peninsula Darwin Harbour
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[6]

The locality of Mandorah on the Cox Peninsula, across the harbour from Darwin, is named after "Mandorah", a guest house built in what is now the locality by Allan Hartwig prior to 1948.[7]

Notes and references

1. "Place Names Register Extract for Mandorah". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
2. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wagait Beach (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
3. "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
4. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
5. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics DARWIN AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia , Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
6. "Mandorah". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
7. "Territory Origins". Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2019.