Territory Stories

North Australia Railway

Details:

Title

North Australia Railway,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Brock's Creek,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Civil,

Service branch

Transport,

Unit

North Australia Railway,

Alternative unit name

NAR, Northern Australia Railway, North Australian Railway,

History

The North Australia Railway was the name given to the Northern Territory 3 ft. 6 in. gauge railway that extended south from Darwin to Birdum. The NAR ran from Palmerston (Darwin) in the north to Pine Creek in south. It was 234km (145 miles 78 chains) long. During WW2 Katherine served as the headquarters of NAR.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

World War II, 1939-1945, Civilian service, Railways, North Australia Railway, NAR, Northern Australia Railway, North Australian Railway,

File type

image/tiff,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Library & Archives NT,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/239843 [PictureNT : PH0861/0086, Locomotive, Murray and Grace Collings Collection], http://www.comrails.com/routes/route_nar_dar_pineck.html [NAR history], http://www.comrails.com/wthcr/w04.html? [NAR and World War 2], http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/technology/industry/display/98030-north-australia-railway? [NAR memorial], http://www.australiansteam.com/crframe.htm? [North Australia Railway], http://transcribe.naa.gov.au/transcribe/Default.aspx?id=9140002 [National Archives Australia Record Search], http://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/underattack/mobilise/rail.asp?query=north+australia+railway [Rail transport and Australia's war effort], https://trove.nla.gov.au/list/33434 [North Australia Railway],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843041,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843052