Kilgariff is a suburb of Alice Springs located in the Northern Territory of Australia about 1,290 kilometres (800 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin[5] and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of the municipal seat in the Alice Springs central business district. Kilgariff is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Braitling and the local government area of the Town of Alice Springs.[9][8][1]

Kilgariff Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Kilgariff
Coordinates	23°46′30″S 133°53′09″E[1]
Population	349 (2016 census)(part only)[2][lower-alpha 1]
• Density	34.55/km2 (89.5/sq mi)
Established	24 July 2013[4]
Postcode(s)	0873[5]
Elevation	546 m (1,791 ft)(airport)[6]
Area	10.1 km2 (3.9 sq mi)[7]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location	1,290 km (802 mi) S of Darwin[5] 7 km (4 mi) S of Alice Springs
LGA(s)	Town of Alice Springs[1]
Territory electorate(s)	Braitling[8]
Federal division(s)	Lingiari[9]
Mean max temp[6] Mean min temp[6] Annual rainfall[6] 28.9 °C 84 °F 13.3 °C 56 °F 282.8 mm 11.1 in
Suburbs around Kilgariff: Ilparpa Ross Ross Ilparpa Arumbera Kilgariff Connellan Connellan Connellan Connellan
Footnotes	Adjoining suburbs[3]

History

Kilgariff is situated in the Arrernte traditional Aboriginal country. [10]

The suburb's name is derived from Bernie Kilgariff, an Alice Springs resident who served as the first Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly at its creation in 1974 and who was elected in 1975 as one of the first two senators elected to represent the Northern Territory in the Australian Senate.[1]

Geography

Kilgariff consists of the land bounded by the Stuart Highway to the west, Roger Vale Drive in part to the south and the watercourse of the Todd River to the north-west. As of 2020, its area was 10.1 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi).[3][7] The land which was formerly part of the suburb of Connellan was created on 24 July 2013.[4][3][11]

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