Birdum
- Local Government Area
- Roper Gulf
- Population
- 63
- Area
- 16,735.69 km²
- Coordinates
- -16.2766, 133.3527
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Birdum
Birdum is a former railway town in the Roper Gulf region of the Northern Territory, about 480 kilometres south of Darwin. From 1929 it was the southern terminus of the North Australia Railway, and during World War II it served as a military railhead and briefly the headquarters of American air forces after Darwin was bombed. The town was abandoned when the railhead moved to Larrimah.
Nearby localities
- Daly Waters 3 km
- Larrimah 75 km