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Emungalan, Northern Territory
Emungalan is a suburb in the town of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. It is within the Katherine Town Council local government area. The name Emungalan is believed to come from an Aboriginal word meaning "Place of Stone"〔 or "Stony". The area was officially defined as a suburb in April 2007, adopting the name from the former railhead settlement north of the Katherine River.〔NT Place Names Register (), Northern Territory Government〕
==History==
Emungalan was surveyed in 1917, when works to extend the Palmerston and Pine Creek Railway south to the Katherine River neared completion. The original settlement on the river at Knott's Crossing relocated closer to the railhead. Within a year of the line opening, by 1918 Emungalan was served by a post office and police station as well as a number of businesses. The permanent population was estimated at 20 people. At its peak the town grew to 200 residents, boasting a hotel, an airstrip and a racecourse. A school initially operated out of the railway station building to serve the district before a permanent facility was opened in 1923. The town declined rapidly following the completion of the bridge across the Katherine River in 1926, when the railway station along with many homes and businesses relocated to the current site of the modern Katherine CBD. The airstrip remained in use until 1930 when it too was relocated to across the river.
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