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LOCATION
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Address Old Ghan Railway Route, near OODNADATTA
Locality
Accuracy H - high level confidence
Council Area Land Not Within a Council Area (Far North)
Polygon Type B - Building footprint
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Abminga Railway Siding Complex - Railway Station, Two Fettlers Cottages, Coal Bin, Water Tank, Pump Shed and Shearlegs, Trolley Shed and Storage Platform Foundations
Registered Name Abminga Railway Siding Complex - Railway Station, Two Fettlers Cottages, Coal Bin, Water Tank, Pump Shed and Shearlegs, Trolley Shed and Storage Platform Foundations
Significance The Abminga Railway Siding Complex is of State heritage significance as the most substantial surviving relic in South Australia of the Commonwealth section of the Central Australian Railway. It represents the extension of the Ghan railway line by the Commonwealth Government north of Oodnadatta to the Northern Territory in 1928, an important milestone in the development of the state and its rail network. It also demonstrates the technology of the time: the distance between re-watering or re-coaling stops for the locomotives or transport technology available to the fettlers working the line and contains all the essential elements of a railway siding, including features not found at any other railway siding along the Old Ghan Railway route (namely a coal bin and pump shed with shearlegs). The Siding is also significant as it represents the 'pattern' of the Old Ghan Railway, through the spatial rhythm of the sidings and fettlers cottages.
Subject Index Transport (Rail) - Railway Station
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 25-OCT-2013
REFERENCE
LGA Unincorporated SA
State Heritage ID 19146
Heritage Number 21951
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16 a - it demonstrates important aspects of the evolution or pattern of the State's history
c - it may yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the State's history, including its natural history
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CL 6181/192 F251688 A100

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