11-503: Victoria River may refer to: Places [ edit ] Antarctica [ edit ] Victoria River, Antarctica , a watercourse in the McMurdo Dry Valley Australia [ edit ] Northern Territory [ edit ] Victoria River, Northern Territory , a locality Victoria River (Northern Territory) , a river Victoria River Downs Station ,
22-535: A cattle station Victoria River Downs Airport , an airport Victoria [ edit ] Victoria River (Victoria) , a watercourse Canada [ edit ] Victoria River (Newfoundland) , a watercourse in Newfoundland and Labrador Victoria River (lake Mégantic) , a watercourse of Chaudière watershed in Quebec New Zealand [ edit ] Victoria River, New Zealand ,
33-641: A watercourse in New Zealand See also [ edit ] Victoria River Downs (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victoria_River&oldid=939712148 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
44-608: Is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia, approximately 511 kilometres (318 mi) south of Darwin . The property occupies an area of 4,370 square kilometres (1,687 sq mi) and is currently owned by the Consolidated Pastoral Company . The station is run in conjunction with Newcastle Waters Station which is located 160 kilometres (99 mi) away. Over 13,000 head of cattle graze
55-472: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Victoria River, Northern Territory Victoria River is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 450 kilometres (280 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin and about 240 kilometres (150 mi) south of the municipal seat in Katherine . The locality consists of
66-554: The Bullock Creek Fossil Site , Jasper Gorge and the Murranji Track including the following five sites associated with the track and which have been separately registered - Murranji Track, Jump-Up Cairn , Murranji Track, No. 12 Bore , Murranji Track, No. 13 Bore , Murranji Track, No. 14 (Pussycat) Bore Dipyard and Murranji Track, Surveyor Well's Cairn . The 2016 Australian census which
77-846: The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Buchanan Highway passes through the locality from the Stuart Highway in the east to the Victoria Highway in the north-west. The Buntine Highway passes through the locality from the south to the north and meets the Buchanan Highway at Top Springs. Victoria River includes the following sites that have been listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register :
88-987: The following land (from west to east) – the Humbert River pastoral lease, land described as NT Portion 1568, the Wambardi Aboriginal Land Trust, the Victoria River Downs pastoral lease , the Camfield pastoral lease , the Montejinni West pastoral lease, the Killarney pastoral lease , the Montejinni East pastoral lease, the Dungowan pastoral lease and the Birrimba pastoral lease. The locality fully surrounds
99-451: The locality of Yarralin and the community of Pigeon Hole and the town of Top Springs . It has an area of 27,278 square kilometres (10,532 sq mi). The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from the river of the same name which flows through the locality from the south to the north and which was named in 1839 by Captains Wickham and Stokes of HMS Beagle after Queen Victoria ,
110-415: The property with approximately 5,000 claves being branded each year. It was owned in the 1980s by The Hon Charles Sweeney QC, an Australian pastoralist and later Chief Justice of Tuvalu, a major interest of whom was water security . He was a relative of Michael and Paul Vandeleur who owned Mataranka Station. Approximately 4,000 square kilometres (1,544 sq mi) of pastoral country was burnt out by
121-585: Was conducted in August 2016 reports that Victoria River had 152 people living within its boundaries. Victoria River is located within the federal division of Lingiari , the territory electoral division of Stuart and the local government area of the Victoria Daly Region . Dungowan Station 16°52′26″S 132°15′07″E / 16.874°S 132.252°E / -16.874; 132.252 ( Dungowan ) Dungowan Station
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