Address & Contact
Cossack NT 0822
Phone: +61 (8) 8972 15
Email: N/A
Web: http://www.manbulloohomesteadcaravanpark.com.au/index.php/DEFAULT
Manbulloo Homestead is a working cattle property situated on the banks of the
Katherine River, nine kilometres along the Victoria Highway west of
Katherine. This unique hideaway offers large grassed shady sites, rooms and a cabin set amid tropical gardens. Activities include fishing, bird watching, animal feeding and nature walks along the river.
The Australian Army constructed the
Manbulloo Abattoir near the
Katherine River on
Manbulloo Station during WW2 as part of their strategy to feed the troops in the area by slaughtering local cattle. They erected 46 buildings, including two mess huts used by the engineers who serviced the abattoirs. There were chilling rooms, barracks, mess halls and poultry yards.
Aboriginal stockmen would drive cattle to the abattoir from the
Pine Creek area,
Mataranka and
Manbulloo. By the end of 1944 up to 700 head per week were being slaughtered at the abattoir.
The 2/3rd Australian Field Butchery Platoon was one of the units that operated the abattoir. The meat was chilled on site prior to dispatch the the three
services serving in the Northern Territory.