Daly Waters, Northern Territory
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The front of the famous Daly Waters Pub | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 16°15′44″S 133°22′45″E / 16.2621°S 133.3793°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1927 (town) 4 April 2007 (locality) | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 212 m (696 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 55 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
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Daly Waters is a town and locality in the Northern Territory of Australia, located about 620 kilometres (390 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin at the intersection of the Carpentaria Highway and the Stuart Highway. In the 2021 census, the locality of Daly Waters had a population of 55 people.
The area's traditional owners, the Jingili people, believe the Dreaming tracks of the Emu and the Sun travelled through here on their way to the southern parts of the Northern Territory.