Point Stuart, Northern Territory

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{{Use Australian English|date= May 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name =Point Stuart

| state = nt

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| coordinates = {{coord| 12.561|S| 131.873|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coord_ref = {{cite web| title=Place Names Register Extract for Point Stuart |url= https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=21970|website= NT Place Names Register|publisher=Northern Territory Government|accessdate= 2 May 2019}}

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| pop = 22

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id = SSC70227 |name =Point Stuart (State Suburb)|quick = on | accessdate=2 May 2019}}

| poprank =

| density =

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| established = 4 April 2007

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| postcode = 0822{{cite web|title=Point Stuart Postcode|url= https://www.postcode-finders.com.au/nt-point-stuart-postcode|publisher= postcode-finders.com.au |accessdate=2 May 2019}}

| elevation =

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| timezone = ACST

| utc = +9:30

| dist1 = 100

| dir1 = E

| location1 = Darwin City

| dist2 =

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| location2 =

| lga = unincorporated area{{cite web |title=Localities within Un-Incorporated area (map) |url=https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/404782/Marrakia_A3.pdf |publisher=Northern Territory Government |accessdate=2 May 2019 |date=29 October 1997 |quote= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318101933/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/404782/Marrakia_A3.pdf |archive-date=18 March 2019 |url-status=dead }}

| region =

| stategov = Goyder{{cite web|title= Division of Goyder |url= https://ntec.nt.gov.au/Electoral-divisions/division-profiles/division-profiles/division-of-goyder |publisher=Northern Territory Electoral Commission|accessdate=2 May 2019}}

| fedgov = Lingiari{{cite web|title=Federal electoral division of Lingiari|url= https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/nt/lingiari.htm |publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|accessdate=2 May 2019}}

| maxtemp = 33.1

| maxtemp_footnotes ={{cite web|title=Monthly climate statistics: Summary statistics MIDDLE POINT RANGERS (nearest weather station) |url=http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_014090.shtml|publisher=Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology|accessdate=2 May 2019}}

| mintemp = 20.9

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| rainfall = 1434.5

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| near-n = Van Diemen Gulf

| near-ne = Van Diemen Gulf

| near-e = Kakadu

| near-se = Kakadu

| near-s = Mount Bundey

| near-sw = Marrakai
Mount Bundey

| near-w =Marrakai

| near-nw = Van Diemen Gulf

| near = Point Stuart

| footnotes = Locations
Adjoining localities{{cite web |title= Point Stuart |url= http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/imfPublic/imf.jsp?site=nt_atlas&qhlt=true&qsel=true&qbuf=0.2&qry=PLACE_ID=21970&qlyr=113 |website=NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory |publisher=Northern Territory Government |accessdate=2 May 2019}}

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Point Stuart is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about {{convert|100|km}} east of the territorial capital of Darwin.

The locality consists of land bounded in part to the west by the Mary River, in part to the north by the coastline of Van Diemen Gulf, to the east by the Kakadu National Park and in the south by the Arnhem Highway. The locality was named after a feature on the coastline of Van Diemen Gulf which was named in honour of John McDouall Stuart for his successful crossing of the Australian continent in 1862.Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.

The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Point Stuart had 22 people living within its boundaries.

Point Stuart is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Goyder and within the unincorporated areas of the Northern Territory.

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