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}}

| coord_ref = {{cite web| title=Place Names Register Extract for Burt Plain |url= https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=22328 |website= NT Place Names Register|publisher=Northern Territory Government|access-date= 9 April 2020}}

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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

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| postcode = 0872

{{cite web|title= Burt Plain Postcode|url= https://www.postcode-finders.com.au/nt-burt-plain-postcode |publisher= postcode-finders.com.au |access-date=9 April 2020}}

| elevation =

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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

| maxtemp_footnotes = {{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT (nearest weather station) |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_015590.shtml |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|access-date=9 April 2020}}

| mintemp = 13.3

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| rainfall = 282.8

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| near-n = Anmatjere

| near-ne = Anmatjere

| near-e = Hart
Hale

| 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}}

1. The Amburla and Yambah pastoral leases
2. The Hamilton Downs and Bond Springs pastoral leases, and
3. 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.