At any rate, there is little of interest about the monument itself

For the first six years the settlement was run by the Aborigines Inland Mission which built simple dwellings from corrugated iron and timber with cement and dirt floors. Children had to live in dormitories and the Aborigines were forced to depend upon the supplies at the mission for their livelihood. From 1951 until its closure in 1956, when the Aborigines were moved on to Warrabri, the settlement was controlled by the Northern Territory Administration who encouraged the building of adobe huts. The abrupt departure of the Aborigines from the settlement allows the visitor to see the harsh conditions which passed for benevolence in the 1950s. Attack Creek Memorial Further north is the Attack Creek Memorial which recalls that 'On 25 June 1860 John McDouall Stuart and his two companions, William Kekwick and Benjamin Head, reached Attack Creek, the most northernly point of that expedition. Hostile Natives and illness forced the party to return.' Whatever incident occurred between the party and the local Aborigines, it is now claimed that it arose out of fear and misunderstanding across the language barrier. According to some accounts the indigenous people were helpfully trying to indicate the direction of a water source but, as they were afraid to come too close, they shouted and gestured in the appropriate direction with their spears and boomerangs signs misunderstood by the European party. At any rate, there is little of interest about the monument itself. If visitors go down to the creek, they can see where the old Stuart Highway used to run to the east of the current road. Churchill's Head Rosetta Stone English 300 metres beyond the Memorial is the road to Churchill's Head which, at the very least, gives the driver an opportunity to traverse a portion of the Old Stuart Highway. This roadside rock formation was named by soldiers traveling to Darwin during World War II. Perhaps it was they who first stuck a piece of piping in the rock to provide some comic relief to an otherwise long and dull trip. Certainly it provides greater verisimilitude to a likeness some find strained. Overland Telegraph Station Between 1860 and 1862, McDouall Stuart made three expeditions through the area with the intent of mapping a path for the overland telegraph which was being extended from England to Australia. The telegraph line was completed in 1872 and a permanent repeater station was built that year, utilising local stone for the walls and corrugated iron for the roofing. It replaced an earlier timber structure, built in 1870 but rapidly destroyed by termites. This station, which lies 11 km to the north of Tennant Creek, was the first point of European settlement in the region and was, for many years, the only European structure within hundreds of kilometres. Nonetheless it was regularly visited by drovers, prospectors and others traversing the track between Adelaide and Darwin. It closed down in 1979 and currently operates as a museum. It is generally unattended but guided tours are usually conducted during the dry season. Ring the Visitor Information Centre on (08) 8962 3388.

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