Protected areas of the Northern Territory

Protected areas of the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory contains 95 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 53,505 km² (land area: 51,269 km² – 3.81% of the territory’s area). Ten of these are National parks, totalling 19,622 km² (1.46% of the territory’s area). Four are Aboriginal National Parks, totalling 5,315 km² (0.39% of the territory’s area). Another four are Commonwealth National Parks (managed by the Australian National Parks & Wildlife Service – Commonwealth Government), totalling 21,143 km² (1.57% of the territory’s area).

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Protected areas of the Northern Territory

Conservation Reserves

Historical Reserves

  • Alice Springs Telegraph Station
  • Arltunga
  • Attack Creek
  • Barrow Creek Telegraph Station
  • Booya (ship)
  • Central Mount Stuart
  • Chambers Pillar
  • Channel Island
  • Gregorys Tree
  • Heavitree Gap Police Station
  • John Flynn Memorial
  • John Flynns Grave
  • Ryan Well
  • Stuarts Tree
  • Tennant Creek Telegraph Station
  • Victoria River Depot

Hunting Reserves

Management Agreement Areas

  • Junction Reserve

National Parks

Nature Parks

Holmes Jungle Nature Park
  • Butterfly Gorge
  • Cutta Cutta Caves
  • Emily And Jessie Gap
  • Flora River
  • Holmes Jungle
  • Howard Springs
  • Katherine Low Level
  • Kintore Caves
  • Leaning Tree Lagoon
  • N'dhala Gorge
  • Ruby Gap
  • Trephina Gorge
  • Umbrawarra Gorge
  • Douglas Hot Springs (Tjuwaliyn) (aboriginal)

Other Conservation Areas

  • Adelaide River Foreshore
  • Alice Springs
  • Alligator Lagoon
  • Annaburroo Delta Block
  • Berry Springs Access
  • Black Jungle / Lambells Lagoon
  • Casuarina
  • Daly River
  • Darwin
  • Douglas / Daly Esplanade
  • Harrison Dam
  • Indian Island
  • Knuckey Lagoons
  • Manton Dam
  • Mary River
  • Mary River Crossing
  • McKinley River
  • Melacca Swamp
  • Olloo Crossing
  • Point Stuart
  • Purta
  • Shady Camp
  • Swim Creek
  • Tree Point
  • Vernon Islands
  • Wildman River
  • Territory / Berry Springs (combined Wildlife / Nature Park)

Protected Areas

  • Alice Springs Area
  • Joint Geological / Geophysical Research Station
  • Longreach Waterhole

Indigenous Protected Areas

  • Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area
  • Anindilyakwa Indigenous Protected Area
  • Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area
  • Djelk Indigenous Protected Area
  • Laynhapuy Indigenous Protected Area
  • Northern Tanami Indigenous Protected Area
  • Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area

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