Newcastle Waters is a town and locality off the

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in the

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. The nearest petrol station and accommodation is found south at Elliott. The Newcastle Waters School draws most of its few students from the Marlinja homeland community which lies on the northern boundary of the town. The town of Newcastle Waters is a

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that contains a number of preserved historic buildings, including Jones's Store and the Junction Hotel. It is located inside

Newcastle Waters Station Newcastle Waters Station is a pastoral lease between Alice Springs and Darwin, supporting about 45,000 cattle in a notably well-watered area of 10,353 square kilometres. Kerry Packer was once a partner in the station, and sent his son James ...

, a large cattle station with over 40,000 head of cattle. In 1926, Newcastle Waters was required by the ''North Australia Act 1926'' to be the permanent site of the seat of government for the now-defunct Territory of North Australia. The provisional seat of government for the territory was Darwin, and nothing was done to establish the new capital before the act was repealed by the ''Northern Territory (Administration) Act 1931''. The

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which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Newcastle Waters had 64 people living within its boundaries. Newcastle Waters is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Barkly and the local government area of the

Barkly Region The Barkly Region, formerly Barkly Shire, is a local government area of the Northern Territory of Australia, administered by the Barkly Regional Council. The region's main town is Tennant Creek. The region covers an area of and had a populati ...

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