Attack Creek Historical Reserve
Attack Creek Historical Reserve is a protected area in the Northern Territory and it is situated 74 kilometres (46 mi) north of Tennant Creek on the Stuart Highway.[1] It is a small reserve, consisting of 0.22 hectares (2,200 m2) which contains the Attack Creek Historical Reserve Memorial, this is also known as the Stuart Memorial.[2][3][4]
The reserve was gazetted on 21 May 1979.[5]
History
[edit]Attack Creek, where the reserve is situated, was named by John McDouall Stuart after he, and his companions William Kekwick and Benjamin Head, were confronted by Warumungu people at the site on 25 June 1860.[2][6][7] Attack Creek is an important waterhole of the Warumungu people.[8]
Following this confrontation, and suffering from scurvy, running low on supplies and struggling to find water, the party had to turn back leading to the failure of Stuart's second expedition.[9][10]
This reserve also contains the possible grave site of John Milner who was killed there in 1871; this grave was nominated for protection in 2010 but it was not able to be located by ground penetrating radar.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Attack Creek Historical Reserve". www.discovercentralaustralia.com. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Attack Creek Historical Reserve Memorial". Northern Territory. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Roadside historical reserves : Central Mount Stuart, Attack Creek & John Flynn Historical Reserves : plan of management, January 2000". Alice Springs: Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory. hdl:10070/619865. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "John McDouall Stuart". Monument Australia. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Attack Creek Historical Reserve". NT Place Names Register. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Attack Creek". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 32, 095. New South Wales, Australia. 9 November 1940. p. 9. Retrieved 26 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Stuart's Expedition". The Herald. Vol. LXVIII, no. 4886. Victoria, Australia. 30 September 1861. p. 6. Retrieved 26 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Michael Jampin Jones; Sandra Nangali Morrison; Ronald Jungarrayi Morrison; et al. (2022). Warumungu Plants and Animals. Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security. ISBN 978-1-74350-317-1. Wikidata Q130753534.
- ^ Government, Northern Territory (9 June 2023). "Attack Creek Historical Reserve". nt.gov.au. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ Traynor, Stuart (2016), Alice Springs : from singing wire to iconic outback town, Wakefield Press, p. 18, ISBN 978-1-74305-449-9
- ^ NT Heritage Branch (1 December 2011). "John Milner's Grave, Attack Creek". NT Heritage Register. Retrieved 26 September 2024.