Emungalan, Northern Territory

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Emungalan
Katherine,  Northern Territory
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Emungalan
Emungalan, Northern Territory
Coordinates 14°27′03″S132°14′45″E / 14.4507°S 132.2459°E / -14.4507; 132.2459
Population349 (2011 census) [1]
Established1917 [2]
Postcode(s) 0850
Location1.5 km (1 mi) W of Katherine
LGA(s) Katherine Town Council
Territory electorate(s) Katherine
Federal division(s) Lingiari
Suburbs around Emungalan:
Lansdowne
Emungalan Katherine
Cossack Cossack Katherine South

Emungalan is a suburb in the town of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. It is within the Katherine Town Council local government area. The name Emungalan is believed to come from an Aboriginal word meaning "Place of Stone" [2] or "Stony". The area was officially defined as a suburb in April 2007, adopting the name from the former railhead settlement north of the Katherine River. [3]

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History

Emungalan was surveyed in 1917, when works to extend the Palmerston and Pine Creek Railway south to the Katherine River neared completion. The original settlement on the river at Knott's Crossing relocated closer to the railhead. Within a year of the line opening, by 1918 Emungalan was served by a post office and police station as well as a number of businesses. The permanent population was estimated at 20 people. [4] At its peak the town grew to 200 residents, boasting a hotel, an airstrip and a racecourse. A school initially operated out of the railway station building to serve the district before a permanent facility was opened in 1923. The town declined rapidly following the completion of the bridge across the Katherine River in 1926, when the railway station along with many homes and businesses relocated to the current site of the Katherine CBD. The airstrip remained in use until 1930 when it was also relocated across the river.

Present day

A small cemetery adjacent to the abandoned North Australia Railway line is the most intact reminder of the former settlement and is listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register. [5] The area around the junction of the Stuart Highway and Emungalan Road is now an industrial area, with some agriculture and rural residential development particularly around Leight Creek, a tributary of the Katherine River. The suburb has been identified as a future focus for further industrial development and medium term planning calls for upgrades to water and sewerage allowing residential subdivision. [6] Kalano Aboriginal community is located in the east of the suburb, as is the Katherine Town Council administrative chambers.

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References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Emungalan (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 August 2014. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "The Three Townships of Katherine". The Katherine Museum. 2013. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. NT Place Names Register , Northern Territory Government
  4. Toni Tapp Coutts (10 July 2013). "Back in Time: Emungalan: The second township of Katherine". Katherine Times.
  5. "Emungalan Cemetery". Northern Territory Heritage Register. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  6. "Katherine Land Use Plan" (PDF). Northern Territory Planning Commission. 2014.