Newry
FA7 - Near WA border - 45 km east from Kununurra (WA)
Location
Near WA border
Nearest Town
Kununurra (WA)
Distance
45 km east
Photo: NT Government Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade
Location
Newry is near the Kununurra (WA) region
Fossicking Area Boundary
Official declared boundary from the NT Government. You may only fossick within this area.
Boundary coordinates from NT Government gazettal
History
The Newry fossicking area is located on Newry Station, a large pastoral lease south west of Darwin in the Northern Territory. It adjoins the Territory's border with Western Australia and is operated as a cattle station.
Named after the Irish port of Newry, the property was first taken up in 1886, with a homestead built on the banks of the Keep River. Cattle were introduced after the lease was bought by a pastoralist who spent two years droving a herd of 7,000 cattle and horses 5,000 km across northern Australia to the Ord River region.
Much of the pastoral lease lies within the Keep River Important Bird Area, classified because of the importance of its habitats for conservation of the endangered Gouldian Finch.
What You Can Find
Zebra rock (also known as Kimberley siltstone) is famous for its unique striped and spotted patterns. So far, the only place in the world where this stone has been found is the Lake Argyle catchment area.
This distinctive reddish-brown and white-banded sedimentary rock is composed essentially of small particles of quartz and sericite (fine-grained white mica). The colour banding is probably formed by the rhythmic precipitation of iron oxide (hematite) during the alteration of the rock by percolating fluids.
Primordial stone is a siltstone that occurs in one location within the Northern Territory, being Newry Station. It is known to be about 610 million years old and is sometimes referred to as ribbon or dreamtime stone.
Getting There
The fossicking area is located south of the intersection of the Victoria Highway and the Duncan Road approximately 12 km east of the NT/WA border.
Please leave gates as you found them.
Camping
Bush camping is NOT permitted on Newry Station.
Extractive Mineral Permit 30446 lies within fossicking area 7 and written consent is required to fossick and camp on this title. Consent can be sought by emailing allgood@zebrarockmine.com.au (phone 0400 767 650).
Important Notes
- !Written consent is required to fossick on EMP30446 within FA7.
- !You must also notify the pastoralist at least seven days before entering any granted extractive mineral permits outside FA7. Notice can be provided by emailing newry@pastoral.com.
Source: NT Government DITT, CC BY 4.0