Burt Plain, Northern Territory
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date= April 2020}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Burt Plain
| state = nt
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| coordinates = {{coord|23.3893|S|133.474|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| pop = 250
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id = SSC70045 |name = Burt Plain (State Suburb)|quick = on | access-date=9 April 2020}}
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| established = 4 April 2007
| postcode = 0872
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| area =9777
| area_footnotes ={{cite web|title= Burt Plain |url= https://www.australias.guide/nt/location/burt-plain/ |publisher= Australia’s Guide Pty Ltd.|access-date=9 April 2020}}
| timezone = ACST
| utc = +9:30
| dist1 = 1249
| dir1 = S
| location1 = Darwin City
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| lga = MacDonnell Region
| stategov = Namatjira{{cite web |title= Division of Namatjira |url= https://ntec.nt.gov.au/Electoral-divisions/division-profiles/division-profiles/division-of-namatjira |publisher= Northern Territory Electoral Commission |access-date= 9 April 2020 |archive-date= 20 March 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200320144931/https://ntec.nt.gov.au/Electoral-divisions/division-profiles/division-profiles/division-of-namatjira |url-status= dead }}
| fedgov = Lingiari{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Lingiari|url=https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/nt/lingiari.html|publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=9 April 2020}}
| maxtemp = 28.9
| mintemp = 13.3
| rainfall = 282.8
| near-n = Anmatjere
| near-ne = Anmatjere
| near-se = Hale
| near-s = Namatjira
Hugh
White Gums
Ilparpa
Flynn
Larapinta
Irlpme
Undoolya
Hale
| near-sw = Namatjira
| near-w = Mount Zeil
Namatjira
| near-nw = Anmatjere
| footnotes = Adjoining localities{{cite web |title=Localities within McDonnell Shire (sic) (map) |url= https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/404775/MacDonnellA3map2_000.pdf |publisher=Northern Territory Government |access-date=9 April 2020|date= 2 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324213314/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/404775/MacDonnellA3map2_000.pdf|archive-date=24 March 2018 |quote = }}{{cite web|title=Localities within the Alice Springs Sub-region (CP5075)|url=http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/hpa-services/surveyplans?planname=CP/5075|website=NT Place Names Register|publisher=Northern Territory Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401055148/http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/hpa-services/surveyplans?planname=CP%2F5075|date=29 November 2006|archive-date=1 April 2019|access-date=9 April 2020|url-status=live}}
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Burt Plain is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about {{convert|1249|km}} south of the territory capital of Darwin.
The locality consists of the following land (from west to east, then north to south):{{cite web|url= https://www.ntca.org.au/node/527/attachment |title=Northern Territory Pastoral Districts |year=2015|access-date=8 March 2020|publisher=Northern Territory Government| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20190228142837/https://www.ntca.org.au/node/527/attachment |archivedate=28 February 2019|df=dmy-all}}
- The Amburla and Yambah pastoral leases
- The Hamilton Downs and Bond Springs pastoral leases, and
- part of the West MacDonnell National Park at its eastern end.
The locality’s boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. It is named after the natural feature of the same name which itself was named in 1871 after A.G. Burt, a member of the team building the Overland Telegraph Line. As of 2020, it has an area of {{convert|9777|km2}}.
The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Burt Plain had 250 people living within its boundaries of which 215 (85%) identified as “Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.”
Burt Plain is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the MacDonnell Region.
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