17-826: The Northern Times was a newspaper published in Carnarvon, Western Australia from 1905–1983. The Northern Times was published from 26 August 1905 to 26 August 1983 in Carnarvon, Western Australia. It absorbed the Geraldton-Greenough Sun and changed title to the North West Telegraph . It was established as "a paper for the North", with a distribution area covering Broome , Carnarvon , Kununurra , Meekatharra , Wyndham , Cue , Mount Magnet , Mullewa , Sandstone , Wiluna and Yalgoo and
34-593: Is extremely sunny, having 211.0 clear days annually. Weather Atlas (sun hours) Perth Now OTC Satellite Earth Station Carnarvon The OTC Satellite Earth Station Carnarvon , an Earth station in Australia , was established to meet the need for more reliable and higher quality communications for the Apollo program . NASA contracted Australia's Overseas Telecommunications Commission (OTC) "to provide an earth station near Carnarvon, Western Australia to link
51-488: The 2021 census , Carnarvon had a population of 4,879. The Inggarda people are the traditional owners of the region around Carnarvon. Before European settlement the place now called Carnarvon, located at the mouth of the Gascoyne River , was known as Kuwinywardu which means "neck of water". Indigenous Australians associating with the Carnarvon area typically associate as being Yamatji , traditionally speaking
68-595: The NASA tracking station in that area to the control centre in the USA", also contracting COMSAT to launch three Intelsat -2 communications satellites. The " sugar scoop " antenna became operational on 29 October 1966 when Intelsat -2A, the first of the three satellites launched, gave OTC and the Australian Broadcasting Commission a brief chance to test satellite television communications as
85-604: The Wajarri language . The town was founded in 1883, initially as a port and supply centre for the surrounding region, and is the administrative centre for the Shire of Carnarvon . The town site was officially gazetted on 4 June 1891, named after Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon , a past Secretary of State for the Colonies . The carnarvon Jetty was built in the late 1890s and had reached its maximum length in 1904. In 2021, it
102-557: The Sea Catholic School , which was built in 1906, Carnarvon Community College (formerly Carnarvon Primary School, East Carnarvon Primary School, and Carnarvon Senior High School), Carnarvon School of the Air and Carnarvon Christian School. Carnarvon has a warm arid climate ( BWh ). Average yearly rainfall is 226 millimetres (8.90 in) with the rainiest months (and the most reliable rainfall) being between May and July as
119-534: The day of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, relaying Neil Armstrong 's first steps on the Moon from NASA's Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station , Canberra , to Perth 's TV audience via Moree earth station - the first live telecast into Western Australia. The OTC station's eight years of communications support for the Carnarvon Tracking Station began on 4 February 1967, three weeks after Intelsat-2B
136-523: The foundations of the historical site remain. The site is adjacent to the OTC Satellite Earth Station Carnarvon . On 20 May 1988, the bulk carrier Korean Star ran aground in bad weather near Cape Cuvier, within the port limits of Carnarvon. Around 600 tonnes (590 long tons; 660 short tons) of fuel oil were spilled into the ocean. Damage was limited to 10 km (6 mi) of remote beaches and coastline. The ship
153-471: The jetty; however, due to unsafe conditions the jetty was closed to the public. In 2021 it was destroyed by Cyclone Seroja. From 1964 to 1965, 12 sounding rockets were launched from Carnarvon to a maximum altitude of 120 km (75 mi). During the 1960s, NASA set up a tracking station nearby to support the Gemini and Apollo space programs. The tracking station was closed in the mid-1970s. Only
170-619: The mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean . The popular Shark Bay world heritage area lies to the south of the town and the Ningaloo Reef and the popular tourist town of Exmouth lie to the north. Mungullah Aboriginal Community was formerly in the town however it has moved east of the town. Inland, Carnarvon has strong links with the town of Gascoyne Junction and the Burringurrah Community . At
187-664: The northern edges of winter cold fronts brush the region. Occasional tropical cyclones affect Carnarvon during the summer months bringing heavy rain and strong winds. Apart from this erratic source of rainfall summers are normally dry. Temperatures range from an average maximum of 33 °C (91 °F) in February to 22 °C (72 °F) in July. Average minimums are 23 °C (73 °F) and 11 °C (52 °F) respectively. On 18 February 2024, Carnarvon recorded its highest ever temperature of 49.9 °C (121.8 °F). The town
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#1732787701866204-530: The satellite drifted to failure over the Indian Ocean . On 24 November 1966, test patterns for the first live telecasts from Australia to England were successful. The next day, a live BBC television broadcast from a studio in London featured interviews linking UK families with their British migrant relatives standing in Robinson Street, Carnarvon. The "sugar scoop" became famous again on 21 July 1969,
221-643: Was decommissioned in April 1987, but the site is still actively involved in solar scientific research, hosting a node of the Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network . In 2022 the OTC antenna was acquired by ThothX Australia, who are recommissioning it and refurbishing it into a deep space radar to provide space situational awareness on resident space objects in geostationary orbit. The new radar will extend Thothx's existing radar coverage over
238-534: Was destroyed by Cyclone Seroja . Carnarvon has had three tramways. It was 2 miles 5 chains (3.3 km) long. Due to the heavy loads of wool being carried on what was a very light railway, it was decided to convert the tramway to 3 feet 6 inches (1,070 mm) gauge in 1908–09. This tramway was worked with a steam locomotive. The tramway ceased operation in December 1965. The Carnarvon Light Railway Association operated trains along restored tracks on
255-476: Was launched. A larger parabolic antenna was commissioned in late 1969 to upgrade the support for the later Apollo missions. OTC continued to provide communications support for NASA space programs until the NASA station closed early in 1975. Thereafter it tracked some NASA missions on its own account. During OTC's last years of operation in Carnarvon, multiple tracking contracts were completed including: The station
272-514: Was not salvaged and left grounded; however, very little of the wreck remains to be seen. Main economic activities of the Gascoyne region include: Radio Australia had a shortwave relay station (built during the 1970s) that used to relay programming to Europe, South Asia and Southeast Asia. There are five schools in the town; one Catholic, three Western Australia Department of Education schools and one independent. These are St Mary's Star of
289-649: Was published weekly. The editor was Hugh Bismarck Geyer. The paper has been digitised as part of the Australian National Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia . Carnarvon, Western Australia Carnarvon ( / k ər ˈ n ɑːr v ə n / kər- NAR -vən ) is a coastal town situated approximately 900 kilometres (560 mi) north of Perth , in Western Australia. It lies at
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