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Tennant Creek - NT 

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Service Station,Roadhouse Caravan Park Airstrip Fuel Water Supply Toilet Pub Mine Food,Shopping Cemetery,Grave Site Aboriginal Lands,Communities Police Station Medical Services Resort,Motel
PlaceID27265
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Latitude19.64655º S 19º 38' 47.58" S
Longitude134.1909º E 134º 11' 27.36" E
Altitude367m
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 Location of Tennant Creek

From Elliott, 242.76kms S (254kms, 2hrs 53mins driving) Driving Directions
From Ampilatwatja, 247.97kms NW (693kms, 8hrs 23mins driving) Driving Directions
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 Description of Tennant Creek

Tennant Creek (including Warrego)
Although a modest outback town, Tennant Creek is the Territory's most important settlement after Darwin, Alice Springs and Katherine.
Located 377 m above sea level and enjoying an annual rainfall of 470 mm, Tennant Creek is the most important township on the Barkly Tablelands. With a population of over 3500, Tennant Creek is the administrative centre for an area larger than the state of Victoria. It is situated at the meeting of the Stuart and Barkly Highways and is 504 km north of Alice Springs and 978 km south of Darwin.
The first European to pass through Tennant Creek was the explorer John McDouall Stuart. During his expedition in 1860 he named the creek after his friend and sponsor John Tennant, the father of the South Australian pastoralist and politician, Andrew Tennant (1835-1913). Between 1860 and 1862, McDouall Stuart made three expeditions before finally reaching the north shore. His purpose was to map a path for the overland telegraph which was being extended from England to Australia.
It wasn't until 1872, when the telegraph line was completed and a permanent repeater station was built, that people moved into the area in small numbers. This station, which lies 11 km to the north of town, was closed down in 1979 and currently operates as a museum (see entry in Things to See).
Opposite the Telegraph Station are two lonely graves - one is of notorious cattle duffer Tom Nugent, the owner of Banka Banka Station, who died in 1911, and the other is of Archibald Cameron, an employee of the telegraph station who died in 1918.
The search for gold in the Northern Territory in the late 1870s led to the discovery of small traces in the creeks and gullies south of the telegraph station in 1879. However the source of the gold remained a mystery and returns were insufficient to sustain prolonged interest and endeavour.

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Tennant Creek Meteorological Office - NT [0.89km]  
Point of Interest 
Rainfall figures were first collected at the old telegraph station approximately 11 kilometres north of Tennant Creek.
Tennant Creek Caravan Park - NT [0.91km]  
Caravan Park 
Tennant Creek Caravan Park Paterson St Tennant Creek NT 0860 Telephone: (08) 8962 2325 Facsimile: (08) 8962 2352 Email: tennantvanpark@bigpond.com.
Tennant Creek Airstrip - NT [1.56km]  
Airstrip 
Welcome to Tennant Creek Airport. The terminal facilities at Tennant Creek Airport were constructed during the 1960's, although the airport itself was used during World War II.
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 Weather & Climate for Tennant Creek

Closest Weather Station

Tennant Creek at 18:00 21 Nov CST
Distance from Tennant Creek 0.93km NW
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
38.1°C 35.1°C 17% 9.4°C 1005.3hPa 0.0mm N 15km/h
8knots
22km/h
12knots

Closest Climatic Station

Tennant Creek Airport
Distance from Tennant Creek 0.93km NW
 JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C 36.735.734.331.7 27.624.624.527.5 31.534.736.537.3
Mean Min. °C 25.024.523.220.4 16.313.012.214.4 18.321.723.824.9
Mean Rain mm 109.8123.257.016.2 7.85.44.81.8 7.621.037.469.3

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