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The Stuart Highway, which is named after the explorer John McDouall Stuart commemorates the pioneers who settled outback Australia.
Location
| Address: | Stuart Highway & Old Tarcoola Road, Port Augusta West, 5700 |
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| State: | SA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -32.473909 Long: 137.746951 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Road |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1979 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 15-February-1987 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Tuesday 24th March, 1987 |
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Plaque :
Stuart Highway
Port Augusta to the S.A. / N.T. Border
A Federally funded National Highway Project
Jointly opened on 24 March 1987 by
The Hon. John Bannon, MP The Hon. Peter Morris, MHR
Premier of South Australia Federal Minister for Transport
In the presence of the Hon. Gavin Keneally, MP State Minister of Transport
Plaque :
Stuart Highway
In 1862, John McDouall Stuart led the first north-south crossing of Australia from Adelaide to Darwin. The Highway that now bears his name began as a series of tracks linking homesteads.
In 1979 the South Australian and Federal Governments undertook to provide a sealed road to the Northern Territory and at a cost of $140m sealing of the road was completed on 15 February 1987.
This Highway traverses some of the most inhospitable country in the world and is a monument to the pioneers, past and present, who opened Australia`s outback.
