National Trust Of Australia
(Northern Territory)        
2 Kahlin Avenue, Darwin
GPO Box 3520, Darwin 0801
Tel: (08) 8981 2848 • Fax: (08) 8981 2379
Email: ntnt@octa4.net.au
Web: www.nationaltrust.org.au

Due the isolation and extreme weather conditions many properties are closed in the ‘wet season,’ which is from October to April. It is advisable to inquire before visiting.

Borroloola Police Station
Borroloola township off Robinson Road
Tel: (08) 8975 4149
Open: Mon–Fri 10am–5pm

Constructed in 1886 when Borroloola was a significant river port and drovers’ camp. The property was a Police Station for over 50 years.

Hartley Street School
Hartley Street, Alice Springs
Tel:  (08) 8952 4516
Open: Mon–Fri 10.30am–2.30pm. Closed December and January.

Hartley Street School has great social significance as the first official school in Alice Springs. The Roundhouse, a specially designed extension built in 1945 to cope with the extremes of climate, is actually octagonal!

Jones Store
Lot 16, town of Newcastle Waters
Tel: (08) 8981 2848
Open: daily

One of the oldest surviving structures in Newcastle Waters. The store sold provisions to droving plants that moved cattle over the Murranji, Barkly and North-South stock routes.

Katherine Railway Station
Railway Terrace, Katherine
Open: May to end of August. Mon, Thurs, Fri 1–4pm. Ghan train days Tues 9am–12pm Wed 1–4pm
Open: March, April, Oct, Nov (wet season) only on Ghan train days Tues, 9–12md Wed 1–4pm.

Built in 1926, the station serviced the extension of the railway from Pine Creek to Katherine. During World War II Katherine became the headquarters of the North Australian Railway. The building houses an interesting display on railway history.

Myilly Point Heritage Precinct
Burnett Place, Darwin

The precinct contains four houses built for high-ranking public servants during the late 1930s. The houses were designed by then Government architect, BCG (Beni) Burnett, and demonstrate passive cooling in tropical houses, with large banks of louvre windows, high ceilings and lots of airflow. The houses are:

Magistrates House (closest to roundabout – 2 Kahlin Ave) National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory) office
Mon–Fri 9am–3pm
Tel: (08) 8981 2848

Mines House (6 Burnett Place)
Set in a large tropical garden and is not open to the public.

Burnett House (4 Burnett Place) (08) 89 810165
Burnett House is open to the public all year. Refreshments are available. High Tea every Sunday on the lawns is a popular event. Open: 10am–1pm, Mon–Sat. High Tea 3.30pm–6pm Sunday.

Audit House (2 Burnett Place)
Audit House is a private residence set in a dense tropical palm garden and is not open to the public.

O’Keeffe House
Riverbank Drive, Katherine
Open: May–Sept. Mon–Fri 1pm–4pm. Closed wet season, Oct–May.

Originally constructed as an Officers’ Mess in 1942, the House is a classic example of bush technology utilising bush timber, corrugated iron and flywire.

Pine Creek Railway Precinct
Main Terrace, Pine Creek
Tel: 0429371565
Open: Buildings are closed but one is welcome to browse.

The Precinct, built 1888/89, includes the former Railway Station, railway employee residence, goods shed, yards and lines, and a water tank.

Pine Creek Repeater Station Museum
Railway Terrace, Pine Creek
Tel: (08) 8976 1391
Open May–Sept. Mon–Fri 11am-5pm. Sat. 11am–1pm.
Oct–April. Mon–Fri 1–5pm. Please refer to above telephone number between Oct & April.

The Museum is located in the former Pine Creek Repeater Station. Originally built in 1888/89 at Burrundie and later transported to Pine Creek, the Repeater Station was a military communications centre during
World War II.

Stuart Town Gaol
Parsons Street, Alice Springs
Tel: (08) 8952 4516
Open: 10am–12noon Mon–Fri. Closed December and January

Built in 1907-8 this building served as the town’s gaol until 1938.

Timber Creek 1908 Police Station
Turn off the Victoria Highway behind current
Police Station.
Open: 10–12 Mon–Fri May–Sept.

When serving as the police station it was the focal point of the Timber Creek local and pastoral community, being the centre of Administration for the Victoria River Region. The building was restored in 1987/88 and is now a rare survivor of the early Northern Territory police station architecture and construction.

Tuxworth Fullwood House Museum
Schmidt St Tennant Creek
Tel: (08) 8962 4396
Open: weekdays 3–5pm. Weekends 11–1pm. Closed October to end of April

This former outpatients department was originally constructed by the Australian Military force as 55 Army Camp Hospital in 1942. It served as an outpatients clinic for the Tennant Creek Hospital until 1978. It now houses the extensive Tuxworth-Fullwood collection of historical materials. It is one of the few remaining World War 11 military structures in the Tennant Creek district.