Adelaide River, Northern Territory
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 Over looking Adelaide River |
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 Adelaide River
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| Population: | 190 (2006 census) |
| Established: | 1892 |
| Postcode: | 0846 |
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| LGA: | Coomalie |
| State electorate: | Daly |
| Federal Division: | Lingiari |
Adelaide River is a town where the Stuart Highway crosses the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory of Australia, upstream of the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains Important Bird Area. At the 2006 census, Adelaide River had a population of 190.[1] It is renowned for the fresh barramundi served at the hotel on the banks of the river.
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[edit] History
Adelaide River was settled by the telegraph workers who arrived in the area to construct the Overland Telegraph Line. The discovery of gold at Pine Creek in 1892 had a major impact on the settlement.
In 1886 a contract was signed to build a railway between Palmerston (Darwin) and the goldfields at Pine Creek, Northern Territory. By April 1888 the railway had reached Adelaide River.
During World War II, there were up to 30,000 Australian Army and United States soldiers based near the town. An ammunition dump, including a spur railway line, was established at Snake River, 2 mi (3.2 km) to the north. Whilst the facility became operational towards the end of the war, it was too late to be useful in the war effort.[2] There is a war cemetery near the town in which many of those who died during the Japanese bombing of Darwin in WWII are buried. The 107th Australian General Hospital and 119th Australian General Hospital were set up around Adelaide River.
[edit] Primary School
Adelaide River has a very small primary school of only 45 children (2009). It is located 100m from the Adelaide River itself. It has large solar panels on the main buildings roof and they sustain the schools electricity and left over electricity goes into the small towns supply. The school is 52 years old (2011) and is still holding up very well, it has a small canteen and main office. The whole school consists of its canteen, year 3,4,5,6 building and two small buildings for art and lower primary preschool, transition, 1 and 2. The children all agree that it is the best school they have ever been to and that everyone is very friendly.
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[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Adelaide River (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL700100&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-06-30.
- ^ "Snake River Ammunition Dump". Zanker, Larry. Australian Railway History, January, 2007 pp 22-27
Coordinates: 13°14′16.83″S 131°6′21.76″E / 13.2380083°S 131.1060444°E
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