Neale Junction is an isolated location in the Great Victoria Desert of Western Australia, where the Anne Beadell and Connie Sue Highways intersect.[1] It is 172 km (107 mi) west of Ilkurlka.[2] Neale Junction was named after Commander Frank Neale, who flew a Percival Gull through the area during the Mackay Aerial Reconnaissance Survey Expedition to Western and South Australia in 1935.[3][4]
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| Neale Junction - Len Beadell marker | |
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| Type | Road junction |
| Junction type | Intersection |
| Location | Great Victoria Desert, 172 km (107 mi) west of Ilkurlka |
| Opened | 16 August 1962 |
| Built by | Gunbarrel Road Construction Party |
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It has a Len Beadell marker and is indicated as suitable for camping on some maps.
Neale Junction is also a location of a large nature reserve that sits north west of the even larger Great Victoria Desert Nature Reserve.[5]
The junction visitors book was deposited in the J S Battye Library in 2002.[6]
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References edit
- ^ Hema, Maps (2005). Australia’s Great Desert Tracks SW Sheet (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. ISBN 1-86500-161-9.
- ^ Battye Library, MN 2082, Neale Junction, ACC 5853A. Neale Junction is the crossroads of the Rawlinna-Warburton road and the road from Laverton to South Australia.
- ^ Notes from Battye Library record: - Named after Commander R.F.C. Neale, the pilot who flew the Mackay Aerial Reconnaissance Survey Expedition in 1935, the name was approved on 17 September 1963
- ^ Bennett, Harry T. (ca. 1937) Donald MacKay aerial reconnaissance survey expedition [cartographic material] : Northern Territory, South and Western Australia/ compiled from data by Commander Harry T. Bennett and Capt. F. Neale. held in State Reference Library of Western Australia roll 29
- ^ (2008) In the tracks of Len Beadell : plants and animals of Neale Junction Nature Reserve, 28 September - 11 October 2008 : expedition briefing / Department of Environment and Conservation in association with University of Western Australia. Perth, W.A.: Dept. of Environment and Conservation, 2008.
- ^ Completed visitors book ACC - 5853A/1 17 April 1901 to 1 July 2002 was retrieved from the visitors box at the Junction by Ian Murray of Explorer Tours in 2002.