Terowie, South Australia

Terowie is small town in the north of South Australia (, 220 km north of Adelaide) whose main raison d'etre was to serve as a transshipment point at the railway break-of-gauge. When the break of gauge was eliminated in 1970 -- it was relocated to nearby Peterborough, Terowie went into a slow decline. The railway was closed and removed in the early 1980s.

Terowie retains a number of authentic 1880s buildings, and has been declared a historic town. The town is now in the Regional Council of Goyder .

In 1942 General Douglas MacArthur, makes his famous speech at Terowie, South Australia regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return". He made this speech while transferring from a narrow gauge (1.067m) train to a broad gauge (1.600m) train.

External links

• South Australian history - Terowie
• Walkabout - Terowie