Dunmarra

Located 300 kilometres south of Katherine, Dunmarra is a small settlement on the historical Overland Telegraph Line. Today, the town is little more than a roadhouse providing fuel, motel accommodation, a caravan park and other services to travellers.

An interesting story is associated with the area's name. Overland Telegraph linesman, Dan O'Mara, disappeared in the region in the early 1900s.

Drover Noel Healy established a cattle station here in the 1930s and discovered O'Mara's skeleton in the bush. The local Aboriginal people couldn't pronounce 'O'Mara', and their attempts sounded more like 'Dunmarra'. This lead Healy to the name of his station. There is a monument to the Overland Telegraph Line beside the Stuart Highway south of Dunmarra, dedicated to Sir Charles Todd, Postmaster, General of the Province of South Australia, 1872.

Temperatures for Dunmarra

Dunmarra has hot summer temperatures. The summer high temperature for Dunmarra is approximately 35 °c. The summer low temperature is approximately 25 °c.

Dunmarra has warm winter temperatures. The winter high temperature for Dunmarra is approximately 30 °c. The winter low temperature is approximately 15 °c.

MONTH	LOW °c	HIGH °c
January	26	35
February	24	34
March	24	32
April	23	32
May	22	30
June	20	30
July	18	30
August	20	31
September	23	32
October	24	33
November	25	34
December	26	35

Dunmarra Accommodation