Dunmarra
A major roadhouse on the Stuart Highway.
Located 314 km south of Katherine and only 8 km south of the junction of the Buchanan Highway and the Stuart Highway, Dunmarra is basically a roadhouse which combines a caravan park with motel accommodation, petrol, and a bar, and that is it.

The importance of Dunmarra is based entirely on its small role in the history of the Overland Telegraph Line. It was 27 km south of Dunmarra that the construction team moving from the south met the construction team which had been building the line from the north.

Things to see:  

Overland Telegraph Line
There is a monument to the Overland Telegraph Line beside the Stuart Highway south of Dunmarra. It has three poles in the style of the original line. The plaque reads: 'The Overland Telegraph Line. This plaque was erected in memory of Sir Charles Todd, Postmaster-General of the Province of South Australia. His gallant construction teams, operators, and linesmen...the northern and southern parts of this epic overland telegraph line were finally joined about one mile west of this spot by R. C. Paterson, engineer, at 3.15pm on Thursday August 22, 1872 thus making possible for the first time instantaneous telegraph communication between Australia and Great Britain.'

	Hotels
	Dunmarra Wayside Inn Stuart Hwy Dunmarra NT Telephone: (08) 8975 9922
	Caravan Parks
	Dunmarra Wayside Inn Stuart Hwy Dunmarra NT Telephone: (08) 8975 9922
	Restaurants
	Dunmarra Wayside Inn Stuart Hwy Dunmarra NT Telephone: (08) 8975 9922