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KATHERINE
NT Legislative Assembly
The information on this page was provided by the Northern Territory Electoral Office and the Australian Bureau of Statistics and was correct at September 2001.
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Data used in the creation of this electoral map was provided by the Northern Territory Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment.
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| Current Member
| Willem Rudolf WESTRA VAN HOLTHE |
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| Current Party
| Country Liberal Party |
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| Description
| Urban |
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| Location
| The electorate of Katherine takes in most of the town of Katherine, as well as the RAAF Tindal Airbase. |
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| Origin
| The electorate and town derive their name from the Katherine River, applied by McDougall Stuart in 1862, after Catherine Chambers - the daughter of a SA pastoralist, James Chambers, who supported his expedition. |
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| Products/Industries
| Tourism, Small Business Centre, Light Industries, Military Base. |
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| State
| NT |
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| Area
| 418 sq kms (approx) |
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| Population
| 7,993 as at 2007 |
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| Enrolled Electors
| 4,883 as at 26/5/08 |
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