What is Newcastle Waters?
[[Image:Newcastle waters location map in Northern Territory.PNG|thumb|Location of Newcastle Waters in the Northern Territory (red)]] '''Newcastle Waters''' is a small settlement near the [[Stuart Highway]] in the [[Northern Territory]] of [[Australia]]. It is 777&nbsp;km north of [[Alice Springs, Northern Territory|Alice Springs]] and 705&nbsp;km south of [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]].<ref name=smh/> It is inside Newcastle Waters station, a large cattle station with over 45,000 head of [[cattle]]. The station covers 10,353 square kilometers.<ref name=nws>{{cite web |url=http://www.pastoral.com/newcastle.html |title=Newcastle Waters Station - Northern Territory Cattle Property |first= |last= |work=pastoral.com |year=2011 |accessdate=1 May 2011 |archive-date=27 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227061222/http://www.pastoral.com/newcastle.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The nearest petrol station and accommodation is found 23 kilometres (14 miles) south at [[Elliott, Northern Territory|Elliott]]. Newcastle Waters was named by the explorer, [[John McDouall Stuart]] in 1861. He named it after the [[Duke of Newcastle]]. The waterhole Stuart discovered is now called the Longreach Hole. When the [[Australian Overland Telegraph Line]] was built, a relay station was built at Newcastle Waters in 1870.<ref name=smh>{{cite web |url= http://www.smh.com.au/news/Northern-Territory/Newcastle-Waters/2005/02/17/1108500201649.html |title=Newcastle Waters|first= |last= |work=smh.com.au |date=8 Feb 2004 |accessdate=1 May 2011}}</ref> The cattle station was set up in 1883.<ref name=nws/> In 1930 the government set aside an area of the station for a town site.<ref name=smh/> It was an important stop for moving cattle herds through the Northern Territory. However in the 1960's as cattle were moved by trucks, the town was abandoned.<ref name=smh/> The buildings in the town are now in poor condition.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heritageatrisk.org.au/2008_Top_10_Newcastle_waters_Township.html |title=Our