About: Point Stuart, Northern Territory

Point Stuart is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of the territorial capital of Darwin. The locality consists of land bounded in part to the west by the Mary River, in part to the north by the coastline of Van Diemen Gulf, to the east by the Kakadu National Park and in the south by the Arnhem Highway. The locality was named after a feature on the coastline of Van Diemen Gulf which was named in honour of John McDouall Stuart for his successful crossing of the Australian continent in 1862.Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.