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	\| near-sw = [[Noonamah, Northern Territory\|Noonamah]]		\| near-sw = [[Noonamah, Northern Territory\|Noonamah]]
	\| near-w = [[McMinns Lagoon, Northern Territory\|McMinns Lagoon]] [[Bees Creek, Northern Territory\|Bees Creek]]		\| near-w = [[McMinns Lagoon, Northern Territory\|McMinns Lagoon]] [[Bees Creek, Northern Territory\|Bees Creek]]
	\| near-nw = [[McMinns Lagoon, Northern Territory\|McMinns Lagoon]]		\| near-nw = [[McMinns Lagoon, Northern Territory\|McMinns Lagoon]]
	\| near = Humpty Doo		\| near = Humpty Doo
	\| footnotes = Adjoining suburbs{{cite web \|title= Humpty Doo \|url= http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/imfPublic/imf.jsp?site=nt_atlas&qhlt=true&qsel=true&qbuf=0.005&qry=PLACE_ID=2047&qlyr=113 \|website=NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory \|date = February 2005\|publisher=Northern Territory Government \|access-date=4 May 2019}}{{cite web \|title=Litchfield Municipality Localities \|url=https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/404774/LitchfieldA3map.pdf \|website=Place Names Committee \|publisher=Northern Territory Government \|access-date=4 May 2019 \|archive-date=18 March 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318101346/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/404774/LitchfieldA3map.pdf \|url-status=dead }}		\| footnotes = Adjoining suburbs{{cite web \|title= Humpty Doo \|url= http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/imfPublic/imf.jsp?site=nt_atlas&qhlt=true&qsel=true&qbuf=0.005&qry=PLACE_ID=2047&qlyr=113 \|website=NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory \|date = February 2005\|publisher=Northern Territory Government \|access-date=4 May 2019}}{{cite web \|title=Litchfield Municipality Localities \|url=https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/404774/LitchfieldA3map.pdf \|website=Place Names Committee \|publisher=Northern Territory Government \|access-date=4 May 2019 \|archive-date=18 March 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318101346/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/404774/LitchfieldA3map.pdf \|url-status=dead }}
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	==Origin of the name==		==Origin of the name==

	The name of the town has frequently been noted on lists of [[place names considered unusual\|unusual place names]].{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29zh3dIgmv8C&pg=PR10 \|title=Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places \|publisher=Adams Media \|author=Parker, Quentin \|year=2010 \|pages=x \|isbn=9781440507397 }}{{Dead link\|date=August 2024 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}		The name of the town has frequently been noted on lists of [[place names considered unusual\|unusual place names]].{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29zh3dIgmv8C&pg=PR10 \|title=Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places \|publisher=Adams Media \|author=Parker, Quentin \|year=2010 \|pages=x \|isbn=9781440507397 }}{{Dead link\|date=August 2024 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}

	It first appeared in 1910 as ''Umpity Doo'', and is of uncertain origin. The following derivations have been suggested:{{Cite web \|title=DLPE - Place Names - Origins - Suburbs & Localities \|url=http://www.lpe.nt.gov.au/place/ntplaces/greaterdwn.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208172438/http://www.lpe.nt.gov.au/place/ntplaces/greaterdwn.htm#H \|archive-date=2006-02-08 \|access-date=2006-03-08}}{{Cite news \|date=2018-02-08 \|title=Do you know how Humpty Doo got its name? Historians humpty don't \|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-08/humpty-doo-name-mystery-history/9400266 \|access-date=2025-04-02 \|work=ABC News \|language=en-AU}}{{Cite web \|title=Humpty Doo (Administrative Area) \|url=https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=2047 \|access-date=2025-04-02 \|website=NT Place Names Register}}		It first appeared in 1910 as ''Umpity Doo'', and is of uncertain origin. The following derivations have been suggested:{{Cite web \|title=DLPE - Place Names - Origins - Suburbs & Localities \|url=http://www.lpe.nt.gov.au/place/ntplaces/greaterdwn.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208172438/http://www.lpe.nt.gov.au/place/ntplaces/greaterdwn.htm#H \|archive-date=2006-02-08 \|access-date=2006-03-08}}{{Cite news \|date=2018-02-08 \|title=Do you know how Humpty Doo got its name? Historians humpty don't \|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-08/humpty-doo-name-mystery-history/9400266 \|access-date=2025-04-02 \|work=ABC News \|language=en-AU}}{{Cite web \|title=Humpty Doo (Administrative Area) \|url=https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=2047 \|access-date=2025-04-02 \|website=NT Place Names Register}}
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	==History==		==History==
	The [[Djerimanga]] (also known as Wulna) people are recognised as the [[traditional owners]] and first inhabitants of an area, from the present day site of Humpty Doo east into the [[Adelaide River]] wetlands. Their way of life remained unchanged until the first contact with European explorers in the 19th century, most likely during the 1864 expedition to explore the areas surrounding the Adelaide River, led by [[Boyle Travers Finniss]].{{cn\|date=April 2022}}		The [[Djerimanga]] (also known as Wulna) people are recognised as the [[traditional owners]] and first inhabitants of an area, from the present day site of Humpty Doo east into the [[Adelaide River]] wetlands. Their way of life remained unchanged until the first contact with European explorers in the 19th century, most likely during the 1864 expedition to explore the areas surrounding the Adelaide River, led by [[Boyle Travers Finniss]].{{citation needed\|date=April 2022}}

	In September 1869, [[Surveyor General of South Australia]], [[George Goyder]], completed work to divide the hinterland surrounding the present day Litchfield Shire into {{convert\|10\|sqmi\|\|adj=on}} parcels. These parcels were subsequently divided into smaller allotments, and made available to settlers as pastoral leases and freehold titles.{{cite web\|url=http://www.litchfield.nt.gov.au/index.php?page=goyder-s-hundreds \|title=Litchfield Council - Goyder's Hundreds \|publisher=Litchfield.nt.gov.au \|access-date=2012-06-17}}		In September 1869, [[Surveyor General of South Australia]], [[George Goyder]], completed work to divide the hinterland surrounding the present day Litchfield Shire into {{convert\|10\|sqmi\|\|adj=on}} parcels. These parcels were subsequently divided into smaller allotments, and made available to settlers as pastoral leases and freehold titles.{{cite web\|url=http://www.litchfield.nt.gov.au/index.php?page=goyder-s-hundreds \|title=Litchfield Council - Goyder's Hundreds \|publisher=Litchfield.nt.gov.au \|access-date=2012-06-17}}

	Following the discovery of gold near [[Pine Creek, Northern Territory\|Pine Creek]] during the 1880s, the subsequent influx of Chinese miners to the [[Northern Territory]] led to a high demand for food crops such as [[rice]].{{Cite web \|title=Humpty Doo Rice Trail \|url=https://www.ricetrail.com.au/ \|access-date=2024-04-09 \|website=www.ricetrail.com.au}} Rice planted on the floodplains near Humpty Doo was used to meet this demand, with some success.[https://www.smh.com.au/news/northern-territory/humpty-doo/2005/02/17/1108500201628.html "Humpty Doo"],"[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]", Sydney, 8 February 2004 Experiments with other tropical crops, including [[sugar cane]], [[coffea\|coffee]] and [[natural rubber\|rubber]], were attempted, most of these planted in the vicinity of [[Beatrice Hill, Northern Territory\|Beatrice Hill]] to the east of the present day town.{{cn\|date=April 2022}} Experiments were made with livestock too and it was hoped that the banks of the Adelaide River could be developed to include loading facilities for live cattle export.{{cn\|date=April 2022}}		Following the discovery of gold near [[Pine Creek, Northern Territory\|Pine Creek]] during the 1880s, the subsequent influx of Chinese miners to the [[Northern Territory]] led to a high demand for food crops such as [[rice]].{{Cite web \|title=Humpty Doo Rice Trail \|url=https://www.ricetrail.com.au/ \|access-date=2024-04-09 \|website=www.ricetrail.com.au}} Rice planted on the floodplains near Humpty Doo was used to meet this demand, with some success.[https://www.smh.com.au/news/northern-territory/humpty-doo/2005/02/17/1108500201628.html "Humpty Doo"],"[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]", Sydney, 8 February 2004 Experiments with other tropical crops, including [[sugar cane]], [[coffea\|coffee]] and [[natural rubber\|rubber]], were attempted, most of these planted in the vicinity of [[Beatrice Hill, Northern Territory\|Beatrice Hill]] to the east of the present day town.{{citation needed\|date=April 2022}} Experiments were made with livestock too and it was hoped that the banks of the Adelaide River could be developed to include loading facilities for live cattle export.{{citation needed\|date=April 2022}}

	By 1887, plantations on the floodplains had been abandoned due to the financial difficulties of the land owners. Despite this, rubber trees and coffee bushes showed particular potential. A single harvest of 10 tons of coffee beans was exported to [[Melbourne, Victoria\|Melbourne]] during the short lived experiment.Litchfield Council [http://www.litchfield.nt.gov.au/index.php?page=agriculture-at-beatrice-hill "Agriculture at Beatrice Hill"]		By 1887, plantations on the floodplains had been abandoned due to the financial difficulties of the land owners. Despite this, rubber trees and coffee bushes showed particular potential. A single harvest of 10 tons of coffee beans was exported to [[Melbourne, Victoria\|Melbourne]] during the short lived experiment.Litchfield Council [http://www.litchfield.nt.gov.au/index.php?page=agriculture-at-beatrice-hill "Agriculture at Beatrice Hill"]
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	* The 9th Fighter Squadron of the [[49th Fighter Group]] attached to the United States' [[5th Air Force]] gained the nickname "Humpty Doo Fighters" while stationed in the area in 1942. The squadron was accommodated in a camp referred to by [[Lucien Hubbard]] as Humpty Doo after the cattle station with the same name while acting as a publicity correspondent. The actual campsite location was further south than the township of Humpty Doo, to the east of Noonamah.{{cite web \|url=http://www.flyingknights.net/humptydoo.htm \|title=Fighters at Humpty Doo \|publisher=Flying Knights Model Aircraft Club \|access-date=2012-06-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317125537/http://www.flyingknights.net/humptydoo.htm \|archive-date=2012-03-17 \|url-status=dead }}		* The 9th Fighter Squadron of the [[49th Fighter Group]] attached to the United States' [[5th Air Force]] gained the nickname "Humpty Doo Fighters" while stationed in the area in 1942. The squadron was accommodated in a camp referred to by [[Lucien Hubbard]] as Humpty Doo after the cattle station with the same name while acting as a publicity correspondent. The actual campsite location was further south than the township of Humpty Doo, to the east of Noonamah.{{cite web \|url=http://www.flyingknights.net/humptydoo.htm \|title=Fighters at Humpty Doo \|publisher=Flying Knights Model Aircraft Club \|access-date=2012-06-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317125537/http://www.flyingknights.net/humptydoo.htm \|archive-date=2012-03-17 \|url-status=dead }}
	* A [[rhabdovirus]] isolated from the midge ''Lasiohelea'' spp. at Humpty Doo is referred to as the "Humpty Doo virus". No cases of human infection by Humpty Doo virus are known. In the literature of virology, it is only referenced as infecting kangaroos.{{cite journal \|title=Isolation of arboviruses from insects collected at Beatrice Hill, Northern Territory of Australia, 1974-1976 \|vauthors=Standfast HA, Dyce AL, St George TD, Muller MJ, Doherty RL, Carley JG, Filippich C \|journal=Aust J Biol Sci \|pmid=6152599 \|volume=37 \|issue=5–6 \|year=1984 \|pages=351–66\|doi=10.1071/bi9840351 \|doi-access=free }}		* A [[rhabdovirus]] isolated from the midge ''Lasiohelea'' spp. at Humpty Doo is referred to as the "Humpty Doo virus". No cases of human infection by Humpty Doo virus are known. In the literature of virology, it is only referenced as infecting kangaroos.{{cite journal \|title=Isolation of arboviruses from insects collected at Beatrice Hill, Northern Territory of Australia, 1974-1976 \|vauthors=Standfast HA, Dyce AL, St George TD, Muller MJ, Doherty RL, Carley JG, Filippich C \|journal=Aust J Biol Sci \|pmid=6152599 \|volume=37 \|issue=5–6 \|year=1984 \|pages=351–66\|doi=10.1071/bi9840351 \|doi-access=free }}
	* A bacterial species of the genus [[Burkholderia]] was first isolated during routine screening of a water well in Humpty Doo. ''Burkholderia humptydooensis'' has been proposed as its taxonomic name.{{cite journal\|title=Burkholderia humptydooensis sp. nov., a New Species Related to Burkholderia thailandensis and the Fifth Member of the Burkholderia pseudomallei Complex \|vauthors=Tuanyok A, Mayo M, Scholz R, Hall CM, Allender CJ,Kaestli M,Ginther J,Spring-Pearson S, Bollig MC, Stone JK, Settles EW, Busch JD, Sidak-Loftis L, Sahl JW, Thomas A, Kreutzer L, Georgi E, Gee J, Bowen RA, Ladner JT, Lovett S, Koroleva G, Palacios G, Wagner DM, Currie BJ, Keim P \|journal=Appl Environ Microbiol\|pmid= 27986727 \|pmc=5311406 \|volume=83 \|issue=5 \|year=2017\|article-number=e02802-16 \|doi=10.1128/AEM.02802-16 \|bibcode=2017ApEnM..83E2802T }}		* A bacterial species of the genus [[Burkholderia]] was first isolated during routine screening of a water well in Humpty Doo. ''Burkholderia humptydooensis'' has been proposed as its taxonomic name.{{cite journal\|title=Burkholderia humptydooensis sp. nov., a New Species Related to Burkholderia thailandensis and the Fifth Member of the Burkholderia pseudomallei Complex \|vauthors=Tuanyok A, Mayo M, Scholz R, Hall CM, Allender CJ, Kaestli M, Ginther J, Spring-Pearson S, Bollig MC, Stone JK, Settles EW, Busch JD, Sidak-Loftis L, Sahl JW, Thomas A, Kreutzer L, Georgi E, Gee J, Bowen RA, Ladner JT, Lovett S, Koroleva G, Palacios G, Wagner DM, Currie BJ, Keim P \|journal=Appl Environ Microbiol\|pmid= 27986727 \|pmc=5311406 \|volume=83 \|issue=5 \|year=2017\|article-number=e02802-16 \|doi=10.1128/AEM.02802-16 \|bibcode=2017ApEnM..83E2802T }}
	* From September 2009 to December 2009, the [[numbers station]] [[Cherry Ripe (numbers station)\|Cherry Ripe]] is believed to have been broadcast from Humpty Doo until its discontinuation.{{cite web \|url=http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page14.html \|title=E3 Lincolnshire Poacher \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202060629/http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page14.html \|archive-date=2019-02-02 \|access-date=2019-02-02}}		* From September 2009 to December 2009, the [[numbers station]] [[Cherry Ripe (numbers station)\|Cherry Ripe]] is believed to have been broadcast from Humpty Doo until its discontinuation.{{cite web \|url=http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page14.html \|title=E3 Lincolnshire Poacher \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202060629/http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page14.html \|archive-date=2019-02-02 \|access-date=2019-02-02}}
	* The [[wishbone spider]] species ''[[Aname humptydoo]]'' owes its specific epithet to being collected from Humpty Doo.{{cite journal \|last1=Raven\|first1=RJ \| date=1985 \|title= A revision of the Aname pallida species-group in northern Australia \|url= \|journal=Australian Journal of Zoology \|volume=33 \|issue= \|pages=377–409 [397] \|doi= 10.1071/ZO9850377\|access-date=}} It is yet to be recorded from any other locality.		* The [[wishbone spider]] species ''[[Aname humptydoo]]'' owes its specific epithet to being collected from Humpty Doo.{{cite journal \|last1=Raven\|first1=RJ \| date=1985 \|title= A revision of the Aname pallida species-group in northern Australia \|url= \|journal=Australian Journal of Zoology \|volume=33 \|issue= \|pages=377–409 [397] \|doi= 10.1071/ZO9850377\|access-date=}} It is yet to be recorded from any other locality.

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	\| near-sw = [[Noonamah, Northern Territory\|Noonamah]]		\| near-sw = [[Noonamah, Northern Territory\|Noonamah]]
	\| near-w = [[McMinns Lagoon, Northern Territory\|McMinns Lagoon]] [[Bees Creek, Northern Territory\|Bees Creek]]		\| near-w = [[McMinns Lagoon, Northern Territory\|McMinns Lagoon]] [[Bees Creek, Northern Territory\|Bees Creek]]
	\| near-nw = [[McMinns Lagoon, Northern Territory\|McMinns Lagoon]]		\| near-nw = [[McMinns Lagoon, Northern Territory\|McMinns Lagoon]]
	\| near = Humpty Doo		\| near = Humpty Doo
	\| footnotes = Adjoining suburbs{{cite web \|title= Humpty Doo \|url= http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/imfPublic/imf.jsp?site=nt_atlas&qhlt=true&qsel=true&qbuf=0.005&qry=PLACE_ID=2047&qlyr=113 \|website=NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory \|date = February 2005\|publisher=Northern Territory Government \|access-date=4 May 2019}}{{cite web \|title=Litchfield Municipality Localities \|url=https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/404774/LitchfieldA3map.pdf \|website=Place Names Committee \|publisher=Northern Territory Government \|access-date=4 May 2019 \|archive-date=18 March 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318101346/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/404774/LitchfieldA3map.pdf \|url-status=dead }}		\| footnotes = Adjoining suburbs{{cite web \|title= Humpty Doo \|url= http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/imfPublic/imf.jsp?site=nt_atlas&qhlt=true&qsel=true&qbuf=0.005&qry=PLACE_ID=2047&qlyr=113 \|website=NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory \|date = February 2005\|publisher=Northern Territory Government \|access-date=4 May 2019}}{{cite web \|title=Litchfield Municipality Localities \|url=https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/404774/LitchfieldA3map.pdf \|website=Place Names Committee \|publisher=Northern Territory Government \|access-date=4 May 2019 \|archive-date=18 March 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318101346/https://placenames.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/404774/LitchfieldA3map.pdf \|url-status=dead }}
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	==Origin of the name==		==Origin of the name==

	The name of the town has frequently been noted on lists of [[place names considered unusual\|unusual place names]].{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29zh3dIgmv8C&pg=PR10 \|title=Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places \|publisher=Adams Media \|author=Parker, Quentin \|year=2010 \|pages=x \|isbn=9781440507397 }}{{Dead link\|date=August 2024 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}		The name of the town has frequently been noted on lists of [[place names considered unusual\|unusual place names]].{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29zh3dIgmv8C&pg=PR10 \|title=Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places \|publisher=Adams Media \|author=Parker, Quentin \|year=2010 \|pages=x \|isbn=9781440507397 }}{{Dead link\|date=August 2024 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}

	It first appeared in 1910 as ''Umpity Doo'', and is of uncertain origin. The following derivations have been suggested:{{Cite web \|title=DLPE - Place Names - Origins - Suburbs & Localities \|url=http://www.lpe.nt.gov.au/place/ntplaces/greaterdwn.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208172438/http://www.lpe.nt.gov.au/place/ntplaces/greaterdwn.htm#H \|archive-date=2006-02-08 \|access-date=2006-03-08}}{{Cite news \|date=2018-02-08 \|title=Do you know how Humpty Doo got its name? Historians humpty don't \|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-08/humpty-doo-name-mystery-history/9400266 \|access-date=2025-04-02 \|work=ABC News \|language=en-AU}}{{Cite web \|title=Humpty Doo (Administrative Area) \|url=https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=2047 \|access-date=2025-04-02 \|website=NT Place Names Register}}		It first appeared in 1910 as ''Umpity Doo'', and is of uncertain origin. The following derivations have been suggested:{{Cite web \|title=DLPE - Place Names - Origins - Suburbs & Localities \|url=http://www.lpe.nt.gov.au/place/ntplaces/greaterdwn.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208172438/http://www.lpe.nt.gov.au/place/ntplaces/greaterdwn.htm#H \|archive-date=2006-02-08 \|access-date=2006-03-08}}{{Cite news \|date=2018-02-08 \|title=Do you know how Humpty Doo got its name? Historians humpty don't \|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-08/humpty-doo-name-mystery-history/9400266 \|access-date=2025-04-02 \|work=ABC News \|language=en-AU}}{{Cite web \|title=Humpty Doo (Administrative Area) \|url=https://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=2047 \|access-date=2025-04-02 \|website=NT Place Names Register}}
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	==History==		==History==
	The [[Djerimanga]] (also known as Wulna) people are recognised as the [[traditional owners]] and first inhabitants of an area, from the present day site of Humpty Doo east into the [[Adelaide River]] wetlands. Their way of life remained unchanged until the first contact with European explorers in the 19th century, most likely during the 1864 expedition to explore the areas surrounding the Adelaide River, led by [[Boyle Travers Finniss]].{{cn\|date=April 2022}}		The [[Djerimanga]] (also known as Wulna) people are recognised as the [[traditional owners]] and first inhabitants of an area, from the present day site of Humpty Doo east into the [[Adelaide River]] wetlands. Their way of life remained unchanged until the first contact with European explorers in the 19th century, most likely during the 1864 expedition to explore the areas surrounding the Adelaide River, led by [[Boyle Travers Finniss]].{{citation needed\|date=April 2022}}

	In September 1869, [[Surveyor General of South Australia]], [[George Goyder]], completed work to divide the hinterland surrounding the present day Litchfield Shire into {{convert\|10\|sqmi\|\|adj=on}} parcels. These parcels were subsequently divided into smaller allotments, and made available to settlers as pastoral leases and freehold titles.{{cite web\|url=http://www.litchfield.nt.gov.au/index.php?page=goyder-s-hundreds \|title=Litchfield Council - Goyder's Hundreds \|publisher=Litchfield.nt.gov.au \|access-date=2012-06-17}}		In September 1869, [[Surveyor General of South Australia]], [[George Goyder]], completed work to divide the hinterland surrounding the present day Litchfield Shire into {{convert\|10\|sqmi\|\|adj=on}} parcels. These parcels were subsequently divided into smaller allotments, and made available to settlers as pastoral leases and freehold titles.{{cite web\|url=http://www.litchfield.nt.gov.au/index.php?page=goyder-s-hundreds \|title=Litchfield Council - Goyder's Hundreds \|publisher=Litchfield.nt.gov.au \|access-date=2012-06-17}}

	Following the discovery of gold near [[Pine Creek, Northern Territory\|Pine Creek]] during the 1880s, the subsequent influx of Chinese miners to the [[Northern Territory]] led to a high demand for food crops such as [[rice]].{{Cite web \|title=Humpty Doo Rice Trail \|url=https://www.ricetrail.com.au/ \|access-date=2024-04-09 \|website=www.ricetrail.com.au}} Rice planted on the floodplains near Humpty Doo was used to meet this demand, with some success.[https://www.smh.com.au/news/northern-territory/humpty-doo/2005/02/17/1108500201628.html "Humpty Doo"],"[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]", Sydney, 8 February 2004 Experiments with other tropical crops, including [[sugar cane]], [[coffea\|coffee]] and [[natural rubber\|rubber]], were attempted, most of these planted in the vicinity of [[Beatrice Hill, Northern Territory\|Beatrice Hill]] to the east of the present day town.{{cn\|date=April 2022}} Experiments were made with livestock too and it was hoped that the banks of the Adelaide River could be developed to include loading facilities for live cattle export.{{cn\|date=April 2022}}		Following the discovery of gold near [[Pine Creek, Northern Territory\|Pine Creek]] during the 1880s, the subsequent influx of Chinese miners to the [[Northern Territory]] led to a high demand for food crops such as [[rice]].{{Cite web \|title=Humpty Doo Rice Trail \|url=https://www.ricetrail.com.au/ \|access-date=2024-04-09 \|website=www.ricetrail.com.au}} Rice planted on the floodplains near Humpty Doo was used to meet this demand, with some success.[https://www.smh.com.au/news/northern-territory/humpty-doo/2005/02/17/1108500201628.html "Humpty Doo"],"[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]", Sydney, 8 February 2004 Experiments with other tropical crops, including [[sugar cane]], [[coffea\|coffee]] and [[natural rubber\|rubber]], were attempted, most of these planted in the vicinity of [[Beatrice Hill, Northern Territory\|Beatrice Hill]] to the east of the present day town.{{citation needed\|date=April 2022}} Experiments were made with livestock too and it was hoped that the banks of the Adelaide River could be developed to include loading facilities for live cattle export.{{citation needed\|date=April 2022}}

	By 1887, plantations on the floodplains had been abandoned due to the financial difficulties of the land owners. Despite this, rubber trees and coffee bushes showed particular potential. A single harvest of 10 tons of coffee beans was exported to [[Melbourne, Victoria\|Melbourne]] during the short lived experiment.Litchfield Council [http://www.litchfield.nt.gov.au/index.php?page=agriculture-at-beatrice-hill "Agriculture at Beatrice Hill"]		By 1887, plantations on the floodplains had been abandoned due to the financial difficulties of the land owners. Despite this, rubber trees and coffee bushes showed particular potential. A single harvest of 10 tons of coffee beans was exported to [[Melbourne, Victoria\|Melbourne]] during the short lived experiment.Litchfield Council [http://www.litchfield.nt.gov.au/index.php?page=agriculture-at-beatrice-hill "Agriculture at Beatrice Hill"]
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	* The 9th Fighter Squadron of the [[49th Fighter Group]] attached to the United States' [[5th Air Force]] gained the nickname "Humpty Doo Fighters" while stationed in the area in 1942. The squadron was accommodated in a camp referred to by [[Lucien Hubbard]] as Humpty Doo after the cattle station with the same name while acting as a publicity correspondent. The actual campsite location was further south than the township of Humpty Doo, to the east of Noonamah.{{cite web \|url=http://www.flyingknights.net/humptydoo.htm \|title=Fighters at Humpty Doo \|publisher=Flying Knights Model Aircraft Club \|access-date=2012-06-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317125537/http://www.flyingknights.net/humptydoo.htm \|archive-date=2012-03-17 \|url-status=dead }}		* The 9th Fighter Squadron of the [[49th Fighter Group]] attached to the United States' [[5th Air Force]] gained the nickname "Humpty Doo Fighters" while stationed in the area in 1942. The squadron was accommodated in a camp referred to by [[Lucien Hubbard]] as Humpty Doo after the cattle station with the same name while acting as a publicity correspondent. The actual campsite location was further south than the township of Humpty Doo, to the east of Noonamah.{{cite web \|url=http://www.flyingknights.net/humptydoo.htm \|title=Fighters at Humpty Doo \|publisher=Flying Knights Model Aircraft Club \|access-date=2012-06-17 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317125537/http://www.flyingknights.net/humptydoo.htm \|archive-date=2012-03-17 \|url-status=dead }}
	* A [[rhabdovirus]] isolated from the midge ''Lasiohelea'' spp. at Humpty Doo is referred to as the "Humpty Doo virus". No cases of human infection by Humpty Doo virus are known. In the literature of virology, it is only referenced as infecting kangaroos.{{cite journal \|title=Isolation of arboviruses from insects collected at Beatrice Hill, Northern Territory of Australia, 1974-1976 \|vauthors=Standfast HA, Dyce AL, St George TD, Muller MJ, Doherty RL, Carley JG, Filippich C \|journal=Aust J Biol Sci \|pmid=6152599 \|volume=37 \|issue=5–6 \|year=1984 \|pages=351–66\|doi=10.1071/bi9840351 \|doi-access=free }}		* A [[rhabdovirus]] isolated from the midge ''Lasiohelea'' spp. at Humpty Doo is referred to as the "Humpty Doo virus". No cases of human infection by Humpty Doo virus are known. In the literature of virology, it is only referenced as infecting kangaroos.{{cite journal \|title=Isolation of arboviruses from insects collected at Beatrice Hill, Northern Territory of Australia, 1974-1976 \|vauthors=Standfast HA, Dyce AL, St George TD, Muller MJ, Doherty RL, Carley JG, Filippich C \|journal=Aust J Biol Sci \|pmid=6152599 \|volume=37 \|issue=5–6 \|year=1984 \|pages=351–66\|doi=10.1071/bi9840351 \|doi-access=free }}
	* A bacterial species of the genus [[Burkholderia]] was first isolated during routine screening of a water well in Humpty Doo. ''Burkholderia humptydooensis'' has been proposed as its taxonomic name.{{cite journal\|title=Burkholderia humptydooensis sp. nov., a New Species Related to Burkholderia thailandensis and the Fifth Member of the Burkholderia pseudomallei Complex \|vauthors=Tuanyok A, Mayo M, Scholz R, Hall CM, Allender CJ,Kaestli M,Ginther J,Spring-Pearson S, Bollig MC, Stone JK, Settles EW, Busch JD, Sidak-Loftis L, Sahl JW, Thomas A, Kreutzer L, Georgi E, Gee J, Bowen RA, Ladner JT, Lovett S, Koroleva G, Palacios G, Wagner DM, Currie BJ, Keim P \|journal=Appl Environ Microbiol\|pmid= 27986727 \|pmc=5311406 \|volume=83 \|issue=5 \|year=2017\|article-number=e02802-16 \|doi=10.1128/AEM.02802-16 \|bibcode=2017ApEnM..83E2802T }}		* A bacterial species of the genus [[Burkholderia]] was first isolated during routine screening of a water well in Humpty Doo. ''Burkholderia humptydooensis'' has been proposed as its taxonomic name.{{cite journal\|title=Burkholderia humptydooensis sp. nov., a New Species Related to Burkholderia thailandensis and the Fifth Member of the Burkholderia pseudomallei Complex \|vauthors=Tuanyok A, Mayo M, Scholz R, Hall CM, Allender CJ, Kaestli M, Ginther J, Spring-Pearson S, Bollig MC, Stone JK, Settles EW, Busch JD, Sidak-Loftis L, Sahl JW, Thomas A, Kreutzer L, Georgi E, Gee J, Bowen RA, Ladner JT, Lovett S, Koroleva G, Palacios G, Wagner DM, Currie BJ, Keim P \|journal=Appl Environ Microbiol\|pmid= 27986727 \|pmc=5311406 \|volume=83 \|issue=5 \|year=2017\|article-number=e02802-16 \|doi=10.1128/AEM.02802-16 \|bibcode=2017ApEnM..83E2802T }}
	* From September 2009 to December 2009, the [[numbers station]] [[Cherry Ripe (numbers station)\|Cherry Ripe]] is believed to have been broadcast from Humpty Doo until its discontinuation.{{cite web \|url=http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page14.html \|title=E3 Lincolnshire Poacher \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202060629/http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page14.html \|archive-date=2019-02-02 \|access-date=2019-02-02}}		* From September 2009 to December 2009, the [[numbers station]] [[Cherry Ripe (numbers station)\|Cherry Ripe]] is believed to have been broadcast from Humpty Doo until its discontinuation.{{cite web \|url=http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page14.html \|title=E3 Lincolnshire Poacher \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202060629/http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page14.html \|archive-date=2019-02-02 \|access-date=2019-02-02}}
	* The [[wishbone spider]] species ''[[Aname humptydoo]]'' owes its specific epithet to being collected from Humpty Doo.{{cite journal \|last1=Raven\|first1=RJ \| date=1985 \|title= A revision of the Aname pallida species-group in northern Australia \|url= \|journal=Australian Journal of Zoology \|volume=33 \|issue= \|pages=377–409 [397] \|doi= 10.1071/ZO9850377\|access-date=}} It is yet to be recorded from any other locality.		* The [[wishbone spider]] species ''[[Aname humptydoo]]'' owes its specific epithet to being collected from Humpty Doo.{{cite journal \|last1=Raven\|first1=RJ \| date=1985 \|title= A revision of the Aname pallida species-group in northern Australia \|url= \|journal=Australian Journal of Zoology \|volume=33 \|issue= \|pages=377–409 [397] \|doi= 10.1071/ZO9850377\|access-date=}} It is yet to be recorded from any other locality.

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