Ti-Tree, Northern Territory
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| Coordinates: 22°08′02″S 133°24′50″E / 22.1338°S 133.414°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 15 May 1981 (town) 4 April 2007 (locality) | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation (airport) | 488 m (1,601 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 88 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0872 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 31.0 °C (87.8 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 14.4 °C (57.9 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 315.8 mm (12.43 in) | ||||||||||||
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Ti Tree (formerly Tea Tree and also Ti-Tree) is a town and locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located on the Stuart Highway about 1,109 kilometres (689 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin and about 193 km north of the municipal seat in Alice Springs.
At the 2021 census, Ti Tree had a population of 88. It is the closest town to Alice Springs. The area around Ti Tree has a population of 995 people of whom 191 are non-Aboriginal. The population is distributed between the 11 cattle stations, 6 Aboriginal outstations including Utopia, Ti Tree township, Barrow Creek community and the agricultural produce farms of Ti Tree Farm, Central Australian Produce Farm and the Territory Grape Farm. The area is an emerging centre for grapes and melons due to its year-round sunshine and abundant underground water supply.