__NOTOC__ Elsey is a locality in the

Northern Territory of Australia The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

located about south-east of the territory capital of Darwin. The locality’s name derived from the Elsey Creek whose watercourse is located within the locality and which was named by the explorer,

Augustus Charles Gregory Sir Augustus Charles Gregory (1 August 1819 – 25 June 1905) was an English-born Australian explorer and surveyor. Between 1846 and 1858 he undertook four major expeditions. He was the first Surveyor-General of Queensland. He was appointed a ...

. The name is ultimately derived from John Ravenscroft Elsey, a surgeon and naturalist, who was a member of Gregory’s expedition to Northern Australia during 1856. The locality of Elsey fully surrounds both the community of Jilkminggan and the locality of Mataranka. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Elsey includes the following places listed on the

Northern Territory Heritage Register The Northern Territory Heritage Register is a heritage register, being a statutory list of places in the Northern Territory of Australia that are protected by the Northern Territory statute, the '' Heritage Act 2011''. The register is maintained ...

: * Elsey Memorial Cemetery * WWII Gorrie Airfield Precinct * Warloch Ponds Railway Bridge * Warloch Ponds Road Bridge The

2016 Australian census The 2016 Australian census was the 17th Census in Australia, national population census held in Australia. The census was officially conducted with effect on Tuesday, 9 August 2016. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was count ...

which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Elsey had 39 people living within its boundaries. Elsey is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the

Roper Gulf Region Roper Gulf Regional Council is a Local government areas of the Northern Territory, local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The region covers an area of and had a population of 7,397 in June 2018. History In October 2006 t ...

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{{Localities and communities of the Roper Gulf Region, state=collapsed Populated places in the Northern Territory