A Six Weeks Interlude Notes on the Northern Territory
A fragmented travel account from Darwin in the Northern Territory details accommodations, government works, and local life. It notes defense and development spending, new stone buildings, a planned hotel, and population figures for Darwin including Europeans, Asians, and mixed races. It also covers water supply, electricity, rainfall, native labor, and nightly curfews, with observations on transport and climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mii
Prghisen
Newcastle
Mb. Forguent
Banit New
Wales
Tgats
Statius
Sitwat
Darwin
Manton Gap
Bank of New South Waves
Mosquito Net Aids Pare in Town Quieting
A brief note recalls Pare win boasting it has defeated the housefly and mentions strict rules banning stock within a town radius. Life in town is noisy with day and night racket. Hotels operate from 8 AM to 10 PM as local youths mingle, signaling a bustling but crowded frontier community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parewin
Boys
Filipinea
Vestey meat works visit and Darwin labour scene
A visiting party examines Vestey's war era meat works near Darwin and notes high costs of cargo handling and skilled wages. The piece records low unskilled weekly rates, a strong Darwin union push toward higher pay, local garrison housing, bi weekly Darwin Worker’s Union paper, and regulatory limits on hunting and buffalo shooting as the town relies on sea freight for supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin
Grant
Northern Agency Ltd
Vestey
Vestey's
Sep. Newbury
F. Lowe
Gloucester
Garrson
North Australian Workers’ Union
Donald McKinnons
Sydney
Travvel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mercery Department
Garner’s Cash Store
Iicester
Hove
The
Gloucester Advocate
P.O. Box
Connelly
Savings Bank
Winess
Australia
Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia
Commonwealth
Northern Territory
Leslie Rye
Kui Levens
Darwen
Uual
Tkt
Speed
Gloucester Electric Supply CO. Ltd
Moom
ouRe
Har
HER
Beniont
Ont
Winchester
B.L
Capper’s Pty. Ltd
West Maitland
Gloi
Carsons Northern Timber Co., Ltd
Carsonville
Bereico Creek
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