Neale Junction is an isolated location in the
Great Victoria Desert of
Western Australia, where the
Anne Beadell and
Connie Sue Highways intersect. It is west of
Ilkurlka. Neale Junction was named after Commander
Frank Neale, who flew a
Percival Gull
The Percival Gull was a British single-engined monoplane, first flown in 1932. It was successful as a fast company transport, racing aircraft and long-range record breaker. It was developed into the Vega Gull and the Proctor.
Design and devel ...
through the area during the
Mackay Mackay may refer to:
*Clan Mackay, the Scottish clan from which the surname "MacKay" derives
Mackay may also refer to:
Places Australia
* Mackay Region, a local government area
** Mackay, Queensland, a city in the above region
*** Mackay Airport ...
Aerial Reconnaissance Survey Expedition to Western and South Australia in 1935.
It has a
Len Beadell
Leonard Beadell OAM BEM FIEMS (21 April 1923 – 12 May 1995) was a surveyor, road builder, bushman, artist and author, responsible for constructing over of roads and opening up isolated desert areas – some – of central Australia f ...
marker and is indicated as suitable for camping on some maps.
Neale Junction is also a location of a large nature reserve that sits north west of the even larger Great Victoria Desert Nature Reserve.
The junction visitors book was deposited in the
J S Battye Library
The J S Battye Library (more properly known as the J. S. Battye Library of West Australian History) is an arm of the State Library of Western Australia. It stores much of the state's historical records and original publications including books, ...
in 2002.
[Completed visitors book ACC - 5853A/1 17 April 1901 to 1 July 2002 was retrieved from the visitors box at the Junction by Ian Murray of Explorer Tours in 2002.]
See also
*
Highways in Australia
*
List of highways in Western Australia
References
External links
Connie Sue Highway (ExplorOz)
{{Road infrastructure in Western Australia
Tracks in remote areas of Western Australia
Goldfields-Esperance
Roads built by Len Beadell
Great Victoria Desert