Pine Creek Attractions 
Pine Creek (pop. 390) is an interesting small settlement of gold-mining days with well-preserved and restored old buildings.
Gold was found here in 1870 by men working on the Overland Telegraph Line, and it is still worked here by opencast methods. During the gold rush of the 1870s Chinese were brought in for the hard work in a hot climate, and Pine Creek became almost a Chinatown, with 1500 Chinese to only 100 whites. Anxiety about Chinese numerical preponderance led to legislation which banned further Chinese immigration from 1888. A railroad line from Darwin to Pine Creek was opened in 1889 but closed down in 1976.
Pine Creek has shops, a police station, a filling station and a bank. Fishing, gold-fossicking and shooting trips are offered.
A number of zinc-roofed prefabricated iron buildings have survived from the early 20th C - the railroad station, the Overland Telegraph repeater station and the Playford Club House. There are also some remains of the Chinese settlement.
Gold was found here in 1870 by men working on the Overland Telegraph Line, and it is still worked here by opencast methods. During the gold rush of the 1870s Chinese were brought in for the hard work in a hot climate, and Pine Creek became almost a Chinatown, with 1500 Chinese to only 100 whites. Anxiety about Chinese numerical preponderance led to legislation which banned further Chinese immigration from 1888. A railroad line from Darwin to Pine Creek was opened in 1889 but closed down in 1976.
Pine Creek has shops, a police station, a filling station and a bank. Fishing, gold-fossicking and shooting trips are offered.
A number of zinc-roofed prefabricated iron buildings have survived from the early 20th C - the railroad station, the Overland Telegraph repeater station and the Playford Club House. There are also some remains of the Chinese settlement.
