Everything about Pine Creek Northern Territory totally explained
Pine Creek is a town in the
Katherine region of the
Northern Territory,
Australia. According to the 2001 Australian census 665 people live in Pine Creek.
Pine Creek is just off the
Stuart Highway (the road from the south to Darwin) and is still a notable tourist stop. A number of events are held each year to promote the town in the region. These include the annual Goldrush Festival, featuring the NT Gold Panning championships and Didgeridoo Jam, the Pine Creek Rodeo and Pine Creek Races. In 2005 a prominent resident of Pine Creek,
Edward Ah Toy, was recognised as the Northern Territorian of the year.
History
The town was founded in
1870 during the construction of the
Overland Telegraph line from
Adelaide to
Darwin, in
1871 workers digging holes for the telegraph line found
gold in the soil, triggering another
Australian gold rush. The
Northern Territory Railway was built between Pine Creek and Darwin, reaching Pine Creek in
1889 but closing in
1976. The old railway station and some old rolling stock remain. The
Alice Springs - Darwin railway (used by
The Ghan) now passes near the town.
Indigenous History
Pine Creek was traditionally the junction of three large indigenous ethnic groups. Stretching south-west from the
Stuart Highway towards, and across, the
Daly River was the land traditionally associated with the
Wagiman people. The land east of the Stuart Highway and south of the
Kakadu Highway, stretching to
Katherine, was associated with the Jawoyn people, and north of the Kakadu Highway was land traditionally associated with Waray.
World War II
During
World War II, the
Australian Army set up 65th Australian Camp Hospital near Pine Creek.
Mining
Pine Creek Goldfields Limited opened an open-cut gold mine in the region in
1985; however, the mine is now closed and its main pit, the Enterprise Pit, has been carefully filled with water to prevent acid build-up.
In June 2007,
Territory Resources commenced mining
iron ore at their Frances Creek mine just north of Pine Creek. This iron ore was previously mined between 1967 and 1974, and conists of
haematite with some
goethite and
limonite.
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