In 19 he transferred to the alice springs telegraph station where he worked as a telegraphist. Eudunda railway station photograph state library of. The question most often posed to historians of aboriginal history, by academic scholars and laypersons alike, concerns the availability and nature of sources. Despite extensive searching in travel books and on the web i cant find any reference to bus. We had a continental breakfast at the motel and then hit the. After the introduction of the railway eudunda was a booming town. Station english has many words in common with standard. Ribbons of steel, based on minibiographies of the people involved with nar, is as much a memoir of a community as it is an history of a major canadian railway.
Jacobs royal botanic gardens, sydney 2000 australia margaret a. The pastoralist, richard warburton, took up erldunda station to the east of mount ebenezer in. Methods in archeology colin renfrew, paul bahn by colin renfrew. The village describes itself as a superior roadhouse and has a population of just 50 people. Erldunda is a homestead at the road junction of the stuart highway and lasseter highways, 200 kilometres 124 mi southwest of alice springs in the northern territory, australia erldunda station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station.
Erldunda is nothing more than a roadhouse petrol, food and toilets and a good, reasonably priced accommodation option at the desert oaks resort. Welcome to central australia by australian tourist. Skip to main content museums victoria collections our collections our api about expand search box search search. Next april i will fly into uluru for two nights and probably stay at yulara. Here youll find current best sellers in books, new releases in books, deals in books, kindle ebooks, audible audiobooks, and so much more. The railway split the town into halves streching from north to south. Erldunda desert oaks resort, on the junction of the stuart and lasseter highways, was established in the 1980s after the lasseter highway was developed linking uluru ayers rock to the stuart highway.
Roadhouses are found throughout australia, usually stopping points for fuel, refreshment and restocking of supplies. This is a list of ranches and stations, organized by continent. In 1931, the cluster of craters at henbury cattle station south of alice springs in central. Ulurukata tjuta national park department of the environment and. Desert oaks resort, cnr stuart and lasseter highway, erldunda, tel. The companys flagship publication, explore australia, is an enduring bestseller, along with other popular annual titles, such as the australian road atlas and the australian touring atlas. Erldunda roadhouse is a very popular stop for people driving from alice springs to ayers rock. Eudunda is a rural town in south australia, roughly 103 kilometres northeast of adelaide, established in 1870 after settlers began moving into the area in the 1860s.
We cant gurantee the accuracy andor they being up to date. One of central australias most prized station operations. Clare valley to flinders ranges 3 hours 30 minutes. To find the map for the driving distance from erldunda to uluru, please enter the source and destination and then select the driving mode. Depending on the vehicle you choose, you can also calculate the amount of co2 emissions from your vehicle and assess the environment impact. Erldunda tourism erldunda hotels erldunda packages flights to erldunda erldunda restaurants. Get our new history books for free by mail or find our free kindle books on amazon.
Flinders ranges and outback arkaba station, flinders ranges and outback. A couple of hours out from alice springs was our first stop on the threeday the rock tour, at a place called erldunda, back of beyond. History erldunda station was established in the 1870s by richard warburton and stocked in 1884. Publication date 20101120 usage public domain mark 1. Rethinking histories of movement and migration in the western desert and central australia from an anangu perspective, history australia, no. From my recollection there is nothing much around erldunda station but i am not a local. A roadhouse offering modestly priced accommodation for travellers driving to uluru, kings canyon and alice springs. Erldunda is a tiny town in red centre of the northern territory.
Box 2111, alice springs, nt 0871, australia accepted 4 september. Though the motel room was small not even a kitten could be swung it was quite comfortable. Erldunda station, alice springs, nt 0870 property details. The resort has 47 motel units, 12 backpacker rooms, powered caravan sites, camping site and a 60 seat restaurant spread over 20 hectares which have been carved off erldunda station.
Item mm 8357 negative erldunda, northern territory, 1935 description of content. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Its appeal lies in its strategic location at he corner. Brock school of environmental and life sciences, murdoch university, murdoch, western. A landscapescale model of shrub and herbage dynamics in. Aboriginal, torres strait islander and other first nations people are advised that this catalogue contains names, recordings and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. As of the 2006 census, eudunda had a population of 640. Erldunda is a tiny town in red centre of the northern territory understand. Erldunda station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station. The rail lines stretched from eudunda to morgan and kapunda to eudunda and eudunda to robertstown. Ebenezer erldunda kulgera roadhouse maryvale station chambers pillar.
The eudunda family heritage gallery front windows have a new display each month thanks to our talented committee chairperson delilah balmer. Stay at rawnsley park station in a basic tent or a luxury ecovilla at wilpena pound resort flinders ranges. All rooms are airconditioned and offer an en suite bathroom, a small refrigerator and teacoffee making facilities. Walk into wilpena pound or take a scenic flight to truly appreciate its. Mount ebenezer station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the northern. Alligator gorge in mount remarkable national park is a highlight. A brief historical sketch prepared for the dedication program of the swissvale municipal building held february 12, 1937 george d hammond on.
Owen springs is full of history, aboriginal rock art sites, great birdwatching, and free. It has been immortalised in books and movies and its geographical location in the centre of the continent adds to its mystique as the quintessential outback town and her fascinating history is. Mark stafford smith cs1ro division wildle and ecology, centre. Map of erldunda, northern territory hotels accommodation. One federal proper training and supervision could be provided. Seven over the past few weeks the club has been trying to for federal statutes drugs were mulate a plan to provide these youths with proper facilities. The stratford railway station was built in 19 by the grand trunk. Best recognised for its outstanding cattle derived from a significant long term focus on temperament, type, performance and maximum return. Only unlicensed airstrips are included in the country airstrip guide books. Welcome to our roadhouse accommodation, a unique way of experiencing some of the remote outback localities in the northern territory.
It occupies an area of 1,200 square miles 3,108 km 2 that carried a herd of 6,500 head of santa gertrudis cattle in 2010. Discuss erldunda travel with tripadvisor travelers. The books homepage helps you explore earths biggest bookstore without ever leaving the comfort of your couch. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity. For information about licensed airstrips, see the enroute supplement australia ersa. I then want to connect with a greyhound bus at erldunda to go to coober pedy. Erldunda is a homestead at the road junction of the stuart highway and lasseter highways, 200 kilometres 124 mi southwest of alice springs in the northern territory, australia.
The pasing rail and road trade supplemented the farmers who were using the town as a regional hub. Its unique location being 200 km south of alice springs provide outstanding and strategic benefits. We knew that we needed a permit to travel there but we were told by one of the opal dealers at coober pedy that there were only a couple of miners still there and it was not really worth the effort of going there. Offering an outdoor pool and bbq facilities, erldunda roadhouse is ideally located for exploring the regional outback. Still fewer know that at one time canadas third largest railway system was operated in alberta as the northern alberta railways company. Search the worlds most comprehensive index of fulltext books.
Barnetts collection sit on the university librarys shelves. We hope youll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a. Getting from yulara to erldunda yulara forum tripadvisor. In fact, youll often find this roadhouse crowded with all manner of tourist buses, camper vans, 4wds, cars and people. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. A lot of people pass through it because it is the turnoff from the stuart highway darwin to adelaide to the lasseter highway for ulurukata tjuta national park. Explore australia publishing is a melbournebased publisher with a long history of producing quality australian maps, guides and atlases. The ties that bound a county railway heritage tour of perth county. Driving from alice springs to ayers rock travel outback australia. Erldunda forum, travel discussion for erldunda, australia.
This topic has been closed to new posts due to inactivity. The luritja road will take you to kings canyon and kings creek station. Placenames of indigenous origin in australia pandanus books and pacific. Erldunda, northern territory postcode and local information, including maps, accommodation etc. Browse erldunda maps, hotels and cheap accommodation deals now from 5 star luxury hotels, apartments and beach resorts to 3 star motels, holiday and caravan parks. All the budget rooms seemed to have been booked by ulyssians as the picture below will attest. Postcode for erldunda, northern territory postcodes. Kuniya came from the east near erldunda and is still present at uluru today. Erldunda postcode nt erldunda is a suburb of northern territory, northern territory and is about 1438 kms south of nts capital city of darwin. The book aims to provide a broad reflection of life in the territory with. A revision of the genus ruppia potamogetonaceae in australia.
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