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Month: November 1986

  • Pope John Paul II vists Alice Springs

    Pope John Paul II in Alice Springs

    In 1986 Pope John Paul II visited Australia.

    My colleague Phil Smith got the job of covering the Pope’s visit to Darwin while I was sent to Alice Springs to cover his visit to the Centre.

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  • Kapalga research station, Kakadu

    Kapalga research station, Kakadu

    Kakadu Dunnart

    Along the western border of Kakadu National Park lies Kapalga Station, in 1986, a research facility for the CSIRO.

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  • World heritage listing of Kakadu

    Jumping crocodile – East Alligator

    While the original section of Kakadu National Park had been granted World heritage listing, it didn’t stop the 1986/87 debate over the listing of stage 2 of the park.

    Probably the most famous quote came from then Minister for Mining and Energy, Gareth Evans when he described it as “clapped out buffalo country.

    By the end of 1987 Stage 2 would be listed, and by 1993 stage 3 and therefore the entire park had been listed on the World heritage register.

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