Overland Telegraph Station

In 1872 a temporary telegraph repeater station was erected near the Tennant Creek watercourse.

Then in 1874 solid stone buildings were completed at the same site.

These structures present a lasting tribute to the guts and determination of the brave and far-sighted men who pioneered this region.

These well preserved buildings and associated structures give the visitor a unique opportunity to experience first hand the conditions which faced the prospectors and pioneers who travelled to the Territory along 'The Track' which followed the telegraph line.

The Telegraph Station remained a relatively isolated outpost until gold was discovered.  

Australia's last Great Goldrush in the 1930s sparked the development of a rough and tumble settlement seven miles south of the Telegraph Station.

The settlement became the town of Tennant Creek 1934.