FLETCHER, Val 2013
Dr Val Fletcher (nee Snell) was born in Darwin in 1923 and raised here. She was among those evacuated from Darwin just before the bombing of Darwin. Because
secondary education opportunities were limited in the Territory, Val moved to Queensland
to complete her Master of Arts and her Doctorate. She later returned to Darwin to be with her daughter and family. Val’s book takes us back to the very first idea of a north/south railway when South Australia administrated the Territory. Her book then takes us through the
many aborted dreams of a north south railway and the governments at the time, to finally in
2004, when the dream was realised with the arrival of the Ghan in Darwin.
The Historical Society of the Northern Territory acknowledges the Larrakia people, the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which History House stands, and acknowledges their continuing connection to land, sea, and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.
Field Trip 27-30 July 2023 - Daly Waters, Hayfield Station, Newcastle Waters & Elliott Regions by Bev Phelts
Field trip to Victoria River Region - Augustus Gregory National Park & beyond by Bev Phelts
Day trip - the 4WD track from Southport to Adelaide River - 20 June 2021 by Bev Phelts
Day Trip to Channel Island
Leprosarium and Middle Arm
25 July 2020 by Bev Phelts
Field Trip 26-28 July 2019
South Alligator River Valley and
Mt Wells Goldfields Loop Road
by Bev Phelts
Field trip Darwin to Nhulunbuy (Gove) - 26-31 July 2018 by Bev Phelts
Field trip - the Murranji Track (Ghost Road of the Drovers)
28-30 July 2017 by Bev Phelts
Field Trip to Oenpelli (Gunbalanya) and Maningrida, Arnhem Land - 22-24 July 2016 by Bev Phelts
Day trip to Bathurst Island (Warrumiyanga). The Tiwi remembers the 75th Anniversary of the bombing of Darwin. Events included the unveiling of statue of the Tiwi man who captured the first Japanese soldier on Australian soil.
Katherine and Beyond – Emungalan, Manbulloo & the graves of William Light & Matt Cahill - 24-26 July 2015 by Bev Phelts
Day trip to the Copper Mine, near Mt Hayward, Daly River area - 14 September 2014 by Bev Phelts
Field trip to Historic Sites & Landscapes in the Lower Roper River Valley - 24-28 July 2014 by Bev Phelts
Field Trip to Rosewood, Kildurk & Lissadell Stations, 26-29 July 2013 by Bev Phelts
Celebrating the 140th anniversary of the Overland Telegraph Line - August 2012 by Bev Phelts
Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the south to north expedition - John McDouall Stuart & his party - July 2012 by Bev Phelts
Field trip to Fort Wellington, Raffles Bay, Cobourg Peninsula - 24-27 July 2008 by Bev Phelts
Field Trip 26-28 July 2024 - Burrundie, Mt Wells tin mine, Springhill, WW11 McDonald Airfield, Copperfield Dam & Umbawarra Gorge.
All images on this site courtesy of Library and Archives NT and personal collections of members of the HSNT