Mandorah, Northern Territory

"Mandorah" redirects here. Not to be confused with Mandurah.

Mandorah is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia. Its local government area is the Wagait Shire.

Mandorah Northern Territory
Sea Cat Ferry approaching Mandorah Wharf
Mandorah
Coordinates	12°26′58″S 130°45′27″E[1]
Population	0 (SAL 2016)[2][3]
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[4]
Federal division(s)	Lingiari[5]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6] 32.0 °C 90 °F 23.2 °C 74 °F 1,725.1 mm 67.9 in
Localities 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[7]

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.^[8]

In 2019 the Northern Territory Government announced it would spend up to $50 million to replace the Mandorah jetty, construct a breakwater to protect it from damage during storms, and construct a boat ramp. The original jetty was built in the 1960s and repaired several times since it was damaged by Cyclone Tracy in 1974. The temporary repairs had posed difficulties for disabled people wanting to use the ferry service. Wagait Shire welcomed the project as an opportunity to encourage economic development in the Cox Peninsula.^[9][10]

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). "Mandorah (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016. 
3. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mandorah (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
4. "Division of Daly". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
5. "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
6. "Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics DARWIN AIRPORT (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
7. "Mandorah". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
8. "Territory Origins". Place Names Committee. Northern Territory Government. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
9. Mitchell Abram; Matt Garrick (7 February 2019). "'We might get our pub back': $50 million jetty replacement gives town new hope". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
10. Eldin Ganic (1 December 2020). "Technical concept design unveiled for Mandorah marine facilities". Dredging Today. Navingo. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

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