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The township of Jabiru (wikipedia link) was only built in 1982 in conjunction with the Ranger Uranium Mine. The town is surrounded by...

Hatches Creek is about 270 km south east of Tennant Creek in the Davenport Ranges and is accessed via Epenarra Station or turn off north...

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Happy Creek Police Camp In February, 1889 a new Police Camp opened at Happy Creek near Camooweal on the Queensland Border, chiefly for...

Policing in remote areas of the Northern Territory is a truly unique job. The climate, wildlife and job challenges are very different to...

On the 15th June,1827, a convoy consisting of the following ships, HMS Success, Merchantman Marquis of Landsdown, the colonial brigs...

On the 21st October, 1824, one bastion of the fort was completed. The Union Jack was hoisted and a Royal Salute was fired from the two...

Officers : Tony Kelly 4th Nov 1951 to 26th March,1954 Camels in 1951 Jumper, Oodnadatta, Fred, Finke, Ferdinand and Flossie District in...

Civil Administration - Escape Cliffs – Adam Bay In July, 1839 HMS Beagle on it’s second great voyage had arrived at Port Essington. The...

The first police station in Darwin was a crude affair of poles and plaster, measuring 20 feet by 12 feet, which provided ‘very poor...

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The Daly River Police Station was first built at Wooliana in 1915. The original station was then relocated and a new police station was...

The photo is from the Mannion Collection. Like many stations the post office and other government agencies operated from the police...

The Bow Hills Police Station was located near modern day Kalkaringi in the western central region of the NT. In the more remote areas,...

Borroloola lies 50km inland from the Western Gulf of Carpentaria Coast on the McArthur River and is about 700km east of Katherine in...

Read about the full history of Avon Downs Police Station here: http://www.lonebiker.dk/avondowns.htm

Queensland Police patrolled the area from Cloncurry to Borroloola prior to their being a police presence in the NT and it is believed...

Alice Springs is the regional centre of Central Australia and known as Mparntwe to the Arrente people. It straddles the Todd River near...