Hugh, Northern Territory

Not to be confused with Hughes, Northern Territory.

Hugh is a locality in the Northern Territory, Australia, located about 1,328 kilometres (825 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.^[1][3]

Hugh Northern Territory
Hugh
Coordinates	24°20′S 133°37′E[1]
Population	865 (2016 census)[2]
• Density	0.09041/km2 (0.23415/sq mi)
Established	4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)	0872 [3]
Area	9,568 km2 (3,694.2 sq mi)[4]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location	1,328 km (825 mi) S of Darwin City[3]
LGA(s)	MacDonnell Region[1]
Territory electorate(s)	Namatjira[5]
Federal division(s)	Lingiari[6]
Mean max temp[7] Mean min temp[7] Annual rainfall[7] 28.9 °C 84 °F 13.3 °C 56 °F 282.8 mm 11.1 in
Suburbs around Hugh: Burt Plain Burt Plain Burt Plain White Gums Arumbera Burt Plain Namatjira Ghan Hugh Connellan Hale Ghan Ghan Ghan Ghan
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[8][9]

The locality consists of the following land from north to south – the Owen Springs, the Orange Creek and the Maryvale pastoral leases.^[10][8][9]

The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. It is named after the river which flows through the locality and which was named as a creek by John McDouall Stuart in 1860 after a Hugh Chambers. It fully surrounds the community of Titjikala. As of 2020, it has an area of 9,568 square kilometres (3,694 sq mi).^[1][4]

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Hugh had 865 people living within its boundaries of which 687 (78.9%) identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”^[2]

Hugh is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region.^[6][5][8]