Newcastle Waters is a small settlement on the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory of Australia . The place is in the Barkly Tafelland and is now a ghost town . It has a freight yard that is served by the Central Australian Railways . The nearest gas station and accommodation is 14 miles south in Elliott . The place is in the area of the Newcastle Waters Station , a large farm with over 40,000 cattle.
In 1861 an expedition led by John McDouall Stuart arrived in the area. After a long and unsuccessful search, they discovered a “wonderful blanket of water” 150 meters wide and 7 kilometers long. He first named it Glandfield Lagoon, later it was renamed Newcastle Waters after the Duke of Newcastle , the Minister of the Colonies. Stuart had a base camp built there. With the development of agriculture, a small place was created that was used as a supply station. In 1932, the German pilot Elly Beinhorn made a stopover in Newcastle Waters on her solo flight around the world .
Attractions
The abandoned site features historic buildings (Jones's Store and the Junction Hotel) and a bronze statue in Drover's Memorial Park.
