Population 291 (2011 census) Lga Roper Gulf Shire | Postcode(s) 0852 Postal code 0852 | |
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Location 625 km (388 mi) SE of Darwin312 km (194 mi) NE of Katherine420 km (261 mi) SW of Nhulunbuy | ||
Bulman is a cattle station town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Along with the Aboriginal community of Weemol, 5 km (3 mi) away, Bulman is considered a closed community and visitors require a permit from the Northern Land Council to transit or visit the town. The combined population of Bulman and Weemol at the 2011 census was 291 and is one of few significant settlements on the Central Arnhem Road between Katherine and Nhulunbuy. Facilities in the town include a school, health clinic, police station and an all weather airstrip.
Bulman is extremely isolated and during the wet season all access can be cut off, such as following Tropical Cyclone Paul in 2010, with the community having received 443 millimetres of rain in a 24-hour period, closing all roads out of town and the airport.
Notable residents
Actor Chris Hemsworth, who was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, lived both in that city and in Bulman. As he recalled, "My earliest memories were on the cattle stations up in the Outback, and then we moved back to Melbourne and then back out there and then back again. Certainly most of my childhood was in Melbourne but probably my most vivid memories were up there [in Bulman] with crocodiles and buffalo. Very different walks of life."
