Category:Birdum

**Birdum**
	Railway town in the Northern Territory, Australia
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Instance of	abandoned village; locality;
Location	Northern Territory; Roper Gulf Region; Australia;
Population	86 (2016); 63 (2021);
	15° 39′ 00″ S, 133° 13′ 01.2″ E
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English: Birdum (1929 - c.1945) — former railway settlement in the in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Now a ghost town, it features on an unusually high proportion of vintage 20th century world globes, from being the end of the North Australia Railway line.
It played a role for the World War II home front in Australia, with temporary bases and evacuation hospitals.

Deutsch: Birdum ist eine aufgelassene Siedlung im Northern Territory, Australien. Der Ort war für rund zwei Jahrzehnte südlicher Endpunkt der Nordaustralischen Eisenbahn und während des Zweiten Weltkriegs Standort verschiedener militärischer Einheiten.