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Mount Doreen Ruins - NT
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27378
Latitude
22.04046º S 22º 02' 25.66" S
Longitude
131.3354º E 131º 20' 7.45" E
Altitude
616
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Description of Mount Doreen Ruins
Located just off
the Tanami Track
in the
Northern Territory
, the Mt Doreen station ruins provides visitors with an interesting place to explore and even bush camp. The station was named after Doreen Braitling, wife of Bill Braitling who ran the station in the 1920s. The homestead was abandoned due to poor water supply and Bill died in 1959. Doreen moved to
Alice Springs
and built a name for herself being active in the National Trust. Doreen Braitling died in 1979.
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To access the area, go just beyond the rocky outcrops that are similar but smaller than the
Devils Marbles
, and look out for an unmarked track on the RHS of the road. Once you've found the track follow it around behind the distinctive looking mountain and you can spend half a day exploring before/after setting up camp in the river bed beyond the bore pond about 1.5km from
the Tanami Track
. Animals use the bore pond so do not camp there.
My mum Erna Goerke was the station
cook
and my dad the station hand in 1956/57. Bill and Doreen's son Wally I am led to believe, relocated the homestead to Vaughan Springs where water was plentiful. In our time there, Mt Doreen as I remember carried large numbers of cattle, and lots of wild camels.
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Many aborigines lived and worked on the station, and I have fond memories of their affection and protectiveness of the white station staff, especially us
young
children. The station was the set off point of an expedition led by Dr. Horseman a philanthopist from the Melbourne Uni and near
Lake Mackay
in about 1957 were I believe the first white people to have contact with the Pintubi tribe. My dad, Fred Goerke, now 82 and living in Mildura, accompanied the expedition from the station, and actually brought back an aborigine youth for serious campfire burns treatment. A small amount of Wolfram and gold mining was conducted on the hill near the homestead.
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Supplies were trucked in every few months via Yuendemu Mission from
Alice Springs
along a very basic dirt track, and was about a weeks return trip for the 300 hundred odd
miles
each way.
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Weather & Climate for Mount Doreen Ruins
Closest Weather Station
Yuendumu at 09:00 03 Dec CST
Distance from Mount Doreen Ruins 53.65km SE
Temperature
Feels Like
Rel. Humidity
Dew Point
Pressure
Rainfall
Wind Direction
Wind Speed
Gusts
35.3°C
34.6°C
23%
11.4°C
-hPa
0.0mm
NE
6km/h
3knots
-km/h
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Closest Climatic Station
Yuendumu
Distance from Mount Doreen Ruins 53.65km SE
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Apr
May
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Jul
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Mean Max. °C
36.3
35.3
33.4
30.0
25.1
22.1
21.9
25.0
29.6
33.0
35.3
36.1
Mean Min. °C
22.5
22.0
19.7
15.5
11.1
7.6
6.2
8.4
13.1
17.0
19.9
21.6
Mean Rain mm
66.3
65.3
46.1
23.6
24.2
13.1
13.1
7.9
8.0
18.9
31.2
47.3
What Others Say about Mount Doreen Ruins
Wednesday, 2 January 2008 Member - John and Val W (ACT)
A very interesting place to explore. care should be taken near the top of the hill as there are open...
A very interesting place to explore. care should be taken near the top of the hill as there are open mine shafts there.
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007 Member - Fred G (NSW)
Having lived at Mt. Doreen in the 1950's I want to one day visit what remains. I wonder if Bill and ...
Having lived at Mt. Doreen in the 1950's I want to one day visit what remains. I wonder if Bill and Doreen Braitling's son Wally is still alive. My mum Erna was the station cook and dad Fred, now 82 and living in Mildura Vic. was the station hand. Dad accompanied Dr. Horseman and his Melbourne Uni expedition into the Tanami at Lake Mackay, and I believe were the first white people to have contact with the Pintubi tribe.
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The Tanami Track
The Tanami Track is essentially a great short-cut linking the Red Centre to the Kimberley. Although once a notorious 4WD track, it is now a graded dirt highway.
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Tanami Rd & Mines Access (Private Tks)
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Private tracks lead to Silver King Mine, Clarke Mine and Bigrlyi Mine
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Tanami Rd & Mines Access (Private Tks)
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