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	CBoM - Climate of Tennant Creek
		Tennant Creek's wet season is limited, with the best averages in December, January and February.
		The hours of sunshine received in Tennant Creek are largely determined by the cloud cover and as such the days when the most sunshine occur are from July to October (that is when there is least cloud cover).
		Evaporation rates in Tennant Creek are least during the months of May, June, July and August when the daily evaporation rates do not exceed more than 10mm per day.
	www.bom.gov.au /weather/nt/tennantcreek/climate.shtml (528 words)

	Tennant creek telegraph station historical reserve - Find a park - Parks - NRETA - NT Government - Australia
		Built in 1872, the Tennant Creek Telegraph Station provided a welcome refuge from the harsh and unforgiving surrounds to early settlers in the area.
		The discovery of gold by a linesman in 1925 quickly led to the establishment of the present Tennant Creek township.
		The Tennant Creek Telegraph Station Historical Reserve is 10km north of Tennant Creek on the Stuart Highway.
	www.nt.gov.au /nreta/parks/find/tennantcreek.html (516 words)

	Tennant Creek, Northern Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tennant Creek is approximately 1000 kilometres south of the territory capital, Darwin, and 500 kilometres north of Alice Springs.
		A temporary building for a telegraph repeater station was erected near the watercourse of Tennant Creek in 1872.
		The town of Tennant Creek was located 12 km south of the watercourse because the Overland Telegraph Station had been allocated an 11 km reserve.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tennant_Creek (663 words)

	Community Research Report - Tennant Creek (NT) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tennant Creek was selected as the Northern Territory community because it is inland and predominantly based on mining and cattle.
		Tennant Creek is known as 'Oasis Town' or the 'Golden Heart' of the Red Centre.
		Tennant Creek is the hub of the Barkly Tablelands serving a diverse range of Indigenous communities outstations huge pastoral properties and mines.
	www.dotrs.gov.au /regional/rwac/projects/tennant_creek/introduction.aspx (2106 words)

	Discovering Democracy - Case Studies - Case Study of Tennant Creek High School (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tennant Creek is located approximately 1,000 kilometres south of Darwin and 500 kilometres north of Alice Springs.
		Tennant Creek was established as a mining town in the 1930s during Australia's 'last gold rush'.
		Tennant Creek is no longer solely a mining town; tourism, the Adelaide to Darwin railway, government services and the pastoral industry, as well as renewed mining, are pivots of the local economy.
	www.curriculum.edu.au /democracy/case_studies/tennant_creek/t_case.htm (1066 words)

	Tennant Creek Airport - Home
		Tennant Creek is located approximately 500 kilometres north of Alice Springs in the Barkly region of the Northern Territory.
		Tennant Creek Airport is bounded by Irvine Street, Stuart Highway, Scott Street and open scrub land to the west and north.
		The geographic co-ordinates of the meteorology station, located at the airport are latitude 19 degrees 38' south and longitude 134 degrees 11' east.
	www.ntapl.com.au /TCindex.htm (72 words)

	Tennant Creek Headstones, Northern Territory, Australia
		Tennant Creek, NT Tennant Creek, NT Husband of Trish, son of Bonnie, brother of Sharon & Natalie.
		Tennant Creek, NT Presumed to be son of Ethel Maud Parsons.
		Tennant Creek, NT 'She is far from her land alone, but not forgotten, at peace in a friendly town.
	www.myrasplace.net /hstones/htencrk.htm (1680 words)

	Tennant Creek Hotels at up to 70% off with Check-in.com.au - Tennant Creek Accommodation
		Tennant Creek’s gold rush of the 1930s was the last in Australia’s history and was at one time the third largest gold producer in the country.
		Visitors to Tennant Creek today can take a tour through an underground mine where various mining techniques and devices from throughout history are on display and in some cases demonstrated.
		Built in 1872, the Tennant Creek Telegraph Station is a collection of historic stone buildings that functioned as an important part of the Overland Telegraph Line that linked Australia with the outside world.
	www.check-in.com.au /NT/Tennant_Creek_hotels.htm (318 words)

	A Trip to Beyound: Kununurra to Broome to Tennant Creek (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The sun was very bright and hot at high noon and we were led to a parking pad in the middle of a large area that might resemble the corral area of a cattle station.
		She explained that Halls Creek is on the edge of a desert and the opportunity for rain only occurs during three months of the year and that time had passed.
		Tennant Creek is really another oasis in the scrub, with a nicely laid out plan and was very tidy and the buildings are very well kept.
	www.homeboys-adventures-in-australia.com /vol3/indexe.html (4329 words)

	Tennant Creek Northern Territory History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tennant Creek is the regional centre for the Barkly Tablelands.
		Tennant Creek was named for John Tennant of Port Lincoln by John McDouall Stuart who said, 'I should think it a likely place to find gold in'.
		Constable Muldoon of Barrow Creek was appointed Warden of Goldfields and arrived in September 1933.
	www.southaustralianhistory.com.au /tennantcreek.htm (387 words)

	Tennant Creek - Northern Territory - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
		It is situated at the meeting of the Stuart and Barkly Highways and is 504 km north of Alice Springs and 978 km south of Darwin.
		As Pine Creek declined and Tennant Creek grew, the decision was made in 1936 to dismantle the building and transport it to the new settlement.
		This station, which lies 11 km to the north of Tennant Creek, was the first point of European settlement in the region and was, for many years, the only European structure within hundreds of kilometres.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Northern-Territory/Tennant-Creek/2005/02/17/1108500201673.html (2139 words)

	Travel Downunder - Tennant Creek, Northern Territory
		Tennant Creek is situated in the 'Golden Heart' of the Northern Territory, 506km north of Alice Springs, 675km south of Katherine, and 663km west of Mount Isa.
		The Tennant Creek region extends from Barrow Creek in the south to Newcastle Waters in the north, and east to the Queensland border.
		The huge rounded boulders, 106km south of Tennant Creek on the Stuart Highway which are precariously balanced, spread for miles over a wide shallow valley and are particularly spectacular at sunrise and sunset.
	www.traveldownunder.com.au /northern_territory/Tennant_Creek/index.asp (363 words)

	Tennant Creek, Devils Marbles, Northern Territory
		Tennant Creek is most well known for the 'Devils Marbles' which are actually about 100km south of Tennant Creek within the 1800 Ha Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve.
		Tennant Creek was once the location of the largest open gold cast mine in the world.
		Battery Creek Mining Centre a few km from Tennant Creek is a comprehensive collection of mining equipment and includes the opportunity to go underground to experience the conditions encountered by the gold miners.
	www.auinfo.com /Tennant-Creek-Northern-territory.html (490 words)

	Tennant Creek
		Since the gold rush of the 1930s, the people of Tennant Creek have prided themselves on self reliance, community involvement, and the ability to provide their own entertainment.
		Centred around the junction of two great highways, the Stuart Highway and the Barkly Highway, the region stretches from the old Telegraph Station at Barrow Creek in the south, to the historical droving township of Newcastle Waters in the north, and east to the Queensland border.
		Tennant Creek has been called "the best kept secret in the Territory", because visitors find the Region has far more to offer than they realise.
	www.barklytourism.com.au /Default.aspx?tabid=29 (183 words)

	Tennant Creek Travel Information. Photos, Stories and Diaries about Tennant Creek
		The Tennant Creek region extends from Barrow Creek in the south to Newcastle Waters in the north, and east to the Queensland border.
		During Australia's last gold rush in the 1930s, the town of Tennant Creek, 12km south of the creek itself, was created almost literally overnight.
		Tennant Creek today is a modern town of 3500 people, with a history of continuous gold and copper mining of more than 60 years.
	www.worldsurface.com /browse/location.asp?locationid=1984 (634 words)

	Tennant Creek accommodation : travel australia : tennant creek hotels
		Tennant Creek was named in 1860 after John Tennant, a pastoralist from Port Lincoln, South Australia by John McDouall Stuart, in gratitude for the financial help Tennant had provided for Stuart's expeditions across Australia.
		In 1872 a temporary building for a repeater station was erected near the watercourse of Tennant Creek and, in 1874, the occupants of the Overland Telegraph Station completed the solid stone buildings which remain today.
		Tennant Creek continues to thrive with gold and copper mining being its major industry.
	www.travelaustralia.com.au /nt/tennant_creek-1.html (380 words)

	Tennant Creek & Surrounds, Northern Territory - About Australia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Tennant Creek region is centred on the junction of two great highways, the Barkly Highway and the Stuart Highway.
		With a population of 4,000, Tennant Creek is an important supply and service centre for outlying cattle stations on the Barkly Tablelands.
		In 1874 an overland telegraph station was established at the original Tennant Creek, 11 kilometres to the north of the present town.
	www.about-australia.com /northern-territory/tennant-creek/destinations/tennant-creek-surrounds (470 words)

	Tennant Creek: Aboriginal Child Language Acquisition Project
		Tennant Creek is the urban centre of Warumungu country.
		Tennant Creek town was established in 1934, at a site 7 miles to the south of the Telegraph Station.
		Broadly speaking, the traditonal language of Wakaya country is to the north east and east of Tennant Creek, Alyawarre is to the east and south east, Kaytetye is to the South, and Warlpiri to the west.
	www.linguistics.unimelb.edu.au /research/projects/ACLA/tennant.html (2314 words)

	www.mineweb.net \| co_releases Tennant Creek Gold (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tennant Creek Gold Limited (ASX: TNG) (“TNG”) today announced a proposed A$1.35 million placement to London-based hedge fund RAB Special Situations LP (“RAB”), managed by investment management company, RAB Capital plc, to fund ongoing exploration and development activities at its base metal and copper-gold-bismuth projects in the Northern Territory, Australia.
		The Sandy Creek Project is located 70 kilometres north-east of Kununurra in the Northern Territory and was previously explored by a number of major mining companies including Aquataine and BHP-Billiton.
		Sandy Creek is regarded as being highly prospective for the discovery of multiple Mississippi Valley-Style large-tonnage, high-grade zinc-lead-silver deposits.
	www.mineweb.net /co_releases/431139.htm (835 words)

	Tennant Creek Town Council - About Us / Current Projects / Barkly Region Community Safety Strategy and Action Plan
		In 2002, members of the Tennant Creek community identified the issues of anti-social behaviour as an area they were concerned about.
		As a result Tennant Creek Town Council and the Yapakurlangu Regional Council resolved to develop a community safety strategy and action plan.
		Under the guidance of the Tennant Creek Youth Initiatives and Safe Communities Strategy Management Committee, (now known as the Barkly Region Safer Communities Committee) the Barkly Community Safety Strategy and Action Plan was developed.
	www.tennantcreek.nt.gov.au /council/content/view/full/311 (502 words)

	The Territory \| Tennant Creek
		Tennant Creek, the centre for the Barkly Region, is on the Stuart Highway 500 km north of Alice Springs and 1000 km south of Darwin.
		The quest for gold is a key element of Tennant Creek's history, and major mining companies continue to explore for gold and copper prospects around the area.
		Tennant Creek is also the centre of the rich pastoral industry of central Australia.
	www.theterritory.com.au /index.php?menuID=136 (231 words)

	Tennant Creek Town Council - Home
		Tennant Creek, with a population of 3,500 people, is the only town of any size in the centre of the Northern Territory.
		According to Warumungu legend, the town of Tennant Creek grew up around the home of a spiky tailed goanna called Nyinkka - a powerful ancestral being.
		The Tennant Creek Town Council hopes that this website will be of value to the community and to visitors by giving people a chance to see what our community and the Council has to offer.
	www.tennantcreek.nt.gov.au (211 words)

	CDU - Campuses and centres - Tennant Creek Centre
		The town has a population of 4,000 and is situated 507 kilometres north of Alice Springs and 1,015 kilometres south of Darwin on the Stuart Highway (Explorer's Way).
		It is the main service centre for the surrounding area is called the Barkly Tablelands, a region characterised by wide grassy plains, endless blue sky and massive cattle stations.
		Tennant Creek is also known as the 'Golden Heart of the Northern Territory' - a name that refers to the warm personalities of its people and because it is the site of Australia's last major gold rush in the 1930s.
	www.cdu.edu.au /campuses/tennantck/area.html (128 words)

	Tennant Creek region, Northern Territory
		Tennant Creek, about 500 km north of Alice Springs along the Stuart Highway, is a small mining town and offers tours in its mines.
		There are hotels and a caravan park and it is a good base to explore the natural wonders of the area.
		North of Tennant Creek is Three Ways, where the long road to Queensland goes east, and the Stuart Highway continues north, via small towns like Elliott and Newcastle Waters towards Katherine, almost 800 km from Tennant Creek.
	www.ozoutback.com.au /postcards/postcards_forms/tennant_region/index.htm (198 words)

	Tennant Creek Regional Centre (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Tennant Creek Annexe of NTU was established in response to the request of the people of Tennant Creek.
		The Barkly Region boundaries are marked by Barrow Cr eek in the south,Elliott in the north, Alpurrulum east of Tennant Creek near the Qld/NT border and Borroloola in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
		Tennant Creek is the main town of the region and delivers training in:
	www.ntu.edu.au /admin/remove/pvcveti/regional/tenncrk.html (355 words)

	Elliot Creek, Renner Springs, Tennant Creek, Barkly, Newcastle Waters ghost town, NT, Central Australia in The Northern ...
		Back on The Track and 25 kilometres south of the Three Ways Roadhouse, Tennant Creek is one of the few towns along the Stuart Highway which can boast the facilities and comforts of a modern city.
		A popular myth is that the town was first established by a couple of pioneers who broke down with a wagon load of beer, although the reality is it was settled as a result of a small goldrush around the same time.
		Tennant Creek's main attractions are synonymous with its gold mining heritage, and fossicking is still allowed at several sites.
	www.frogandtoad.com.au /nt/out/tennant (371 words)

	Eldorado Motor Lodge, Hotel in Tennant Creek , Australia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Eldorado Motor Lodge Hotel Tennant Creek is a stopover for many tourists traveling south from Katherine, north from Alice Springs and west from Mt Isa.
		At the top end of town, Eldorado Motor Lodge Hotel is named after one of the local Tennant Creek mines and offers air conditioned units, licensed restaurant, pool, BBQ area and guest laundry.
		Suitable for business and leisure travelers alike, the Eldorado Motor Lodge Hotel Tennant Creek is the perfect location from which to enjoy the atmosphere and history of Tennant Creek.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/northern_territory/hotels/nt_tencreek_eldoradomotorinn.html (150 words)

	Tennant Creek South - Northern Territory Official Travel Site (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Tennant Creek & surrounds / South of Tennant
		Barrow Creek, 204 kilometres south of Tennant Creek, was established in 1871 as a repeater station for the Overland Telegraph Line.
		The ruggedly beautiful landscape south of Tennant Creek is home to the Warumungu people, the Aboriginal traditional owners of this region.
	www.travelnt.com /en/explore/tennant-creek/region/south-of-tennant.htm (604 words)

	Tennant Creek - Aboriginal culture - Northern Territory Official Travel Site
		Tennant Creek sits in the middle of the outback, but the country is beautiful and anything but barren.
		Tennant Creek is also known as the Territory's heart of gold; a reference to the friendliness of its people and the area's gold mining history.
		Prior to the gold rush era, Tennant Creek's first European residents were workers on the Overland Telegraph Line, which established a communication link between Australia and the rest of the world.
	www.travelnt.com /en/explore/tennant-creek (400 words)

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