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Forgotten Capital of North Australia | Adelaide News
Once a bold contender for Australia’s northern capital, Newcastle Waters in the Northern Territory now lies quiet—but its wild past pulses with history. Built beside a massive cattle station and crisscrossed by brutal droving routes like the deadly Murranji Track, it thrived as a vital hub for thousands of cattle moved by hand across punishing landscapes. Aboriginal stockmen were essential to its economy, and in 1966, workers there struck for equal pay—echoing later land rights movements. Today, a group called Mates of the Murranji is reviving interest with tourist drives and anniversary…
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