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Down The Track
Heritage Council Field Trip - September 2014

The Heritage Council undertook its first trip down the track to inspect sites that have been nominated for heritage listing - assess works undertaken & proposed on heritage sites - meet property owners, heritage devotees and Local Government representatives from the Municipal & Regional Councils. The Heritage Council meeting at Alice Springs capped off a long & worthwhile week consolidating Government's commitment to the preservation of heritage icons critical to the tourism industry which celebrates a proud history of struggle & achievement in rural and remote areas.

1870 Cypress Pine OT Poles

Pine Creek Railway Precinct

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KATHERINE

Old Gallon Licensed Store - Knotts Crossing

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Looking down to Knotts Crossing with the old pub on the right

Larrimah

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Old railway corridor & museum. Proximity to Stuart Hwy made Larrimah the de facto end of the line.

Newcastle Waters

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Elliott WWII Allied Works Shed

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The WWII shed was later used as a works depot to support the windmills and bores throughout the Barkly Region. Could be the biggest Men's Shed in the country.

Powell Creek Telegraph Station

Finding Frederick Prentice
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Water source is at tree line behind main building on left. Recently fenced to keep out the cattle. Lack of defensive structures indicates peaceful relations.

Tennant Creek Telegraph Station

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TENNANT CREEK

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Australian Inland Mission Welfare Hall - the Sidney Williams hut at rear is preserved in pristine condition by the desert air.
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Christ the King Church - to the right is a WWII Sidney Williams hut.
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Bonney Well - windmill head recently restored by Stephen Ashford
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Stephen Ashford advises that the new pointing can be dyed with tea to match the existing brickwork. Linseed Oil is an option - as is using local sand in the pug.

Gemtree Roadhouse - Slab House

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Slab house on right was the original 1928 homestead of Mt Riddock Station. Relocation has saved this historic building.
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The East Macdonald Ranges between Gemtree & Alice Springs

Alice Springs

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The Telegraph Station - still a centre for communication - nearly 150 years down the track.
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Variety of poles used on the OT line

Heritage Precinct - Stuart Park

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Stuart fenced in - to stop photographers stepping back into the road. From Left - Memorial Club - Old Hospital - RFDS & Old Gaol.

Notes

Brocks Creek gold mine about 60-70 miles south of Darwin situated near Pine Creek. Gold was discovered there in 1872. Various buildings are numbered on this photograph and the details on the back are : 1) Old chemical pump shaft. 2) No. 1 whip shaft. 3) No. 2 whip shaft. 4) No. 3 whip shaft. 5) new shaft and tramway to battery. 6) timber shacks. 7) manager's house and office. 8) old pumping engine. 9) saw mill. 10) dam. 11) huts for Europeans. 12) tramline to railway. On the back of Foelsche image

​“Away in the heart of the Malayan Peninsular I have found the pictures from these two papers gracing the walls of a Malay mata mata’s (policeman’s) attap shed.” P86 Mrs D. Daly ‘Digging Squatting etc’ 1887
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