Places

The Northern Territory Police Force has many police stations and posts across the Territory. Here's a brief array of the many historic and current locations that are associated with our rich policing history.

Location Articles

Last Hanging at Fannie Bay

In 1952 Jerry Koci and John Novotny were young post war immigrants from Czechoslovakia who had been living in the Don Hotel in Darwin....

Fannie Bay Gaol

The Fannie Bay Gaol which is now an historic museum was officially named Her Majesty's Gaol and Labour Prison. It is located on East...

Timber Creek Police Museum - 1908 Station

The 1908 Police Station was opened as a Museum in 1988.

Timber Creek

Timber Creek is located on the Victoria Highway 280 KM West of Katherine and is 230 KM East of Kununurra in Western Australia. The...

Tennant Creek

Southport

Southport was, in its day, a rival to Darwin in both size and importance. Built on Darwin Harbour’s Middle Arm, Southport expanded...

Roper River

Roper Bar

Roper Bar Police Station Cells The original Roper Bar Police station was located on the south side of the crossing of the Roper River. ...

Port Essington - Victoria Settlement

Port Essington pre-dates the formation of the NT Police but in the early settlements police like functions were carried out. The story...

Port Darwin

This collection of images of old Port Darwin were supplied by Judy Henry. They will be added to the appropriate pages but make a nice...

Police Training Centre

A Police Training Centre was established on Cavenagh Street on the site that is now the Mirambeena Tourist Resort. In the early 1980's...

Peter McAulay Centre

The Peter McAulay Centre (PMC) was completed late in 1985 and served as the central complex for policing in Darwin and controversially...

Parap Police Station

Palmerston Police Station

Newcastle Water

Maranboy

Pronunciation: Marran-boy. Nearby communities: Beswick, Bulman, Barunga, Manyallaluk. Location: 70 km south of Katherine on the Central...

Maningrida

List of members serving at Maningrida Police Station. Station was opened in May 1972 Dean Monaghan -17 May 72 to 2 June,72 N.C.Perkins -1...

Kulgera

Police at Kulgera Police Station One Man-ed Station Constable L.D. Burgess 12/2/61 - 14/1/65 Constable Peter Young (Relief) 23/12/61-...

Katherine Police Station

Katherine is situated 320 kilometres south of Darwin. It is a regional centre to people from many isolated communities as well as a...

Kalkaringi

Kalkaringi (also Kalkarindji, Kalkiringi or Wave Hill) lies 480 km south west of Katherine on the Buntine Highway on the banks of the...

Jabiru

The township of Jabiru (wikipedia link) was only built in 1982 in conjunction with the Ranger Uranium Mine. The town is surrounded by...

Hatches Creek

Hatches Creek is about 270 km south east of Tennant Creek in the Davenport Ranges and is accessed via Epenarra Station or turn off north...

Harts Range

Work has not commenced on this station. If you would like to assist contact the webmaster. Below are some resources to be checked and...

Happy Creek

Happy Creek Police Camp In February, 1889 a new Police Camp opened at Happy Creek near Camooweal on the Queensland Border, chiefly for...

Gapuwiyak

Policing in remote areas of the Northern Territory is a truly unique job. The climate, wildlife and job challenges are very different to...

Fort Wellington

On the 15th June,1827, a convoy consisting of the following ships, HMS Success, Merchantman Marquis of Landsdown, the colonial brigs...

Fort Dundas

On the 21st October, 1824, one bastion of the fort was completed. The Union Jack was hoisted and a Royal Salute was fired from the two...

Finke

Officers : Tony Kelly 4th Nov 1951 to 26th March,1954 Camels in 1951 Jumper, Oodnadatta, Fred, Finke, Ferdinand and Flossie District in...

Escape Cliffs

Civil Administration - Escape Cliffs – Adam Bay In July, 1839 HMS Beagle on it’s second great voyage had arrived at Port Essington. The...

Darwin Police Station

The first police station in Darwin was a crude affair of poles and plaster, measuring 20 feet by 12 feet, which provided ‘very poor...

Daly Waters

This page is a draft being worked on - people with knowledge of this station are encouraged to send any information or images to the...

Daly River

The Daly River Police Station was first built at Wooliana in 1915. The original station was then relocated and a new police station was...

Casuarina Police Station

Brock's Creek

The photo is from the Mannion Collection. Like many stations the post office and other government agencies operated from the police...

Bow Hills

The Bow Hills Police Station was located near modern day Kalkaringi in the western central region of the NT. In the more remote areas,...

Borroloola

Borroloola lies 50km inland from the Western Gulf of Carpentaria Coast on the McArthur River and is about 700km east of Katherine in...

Avon Downs

Read about the full history of Avon Downs Police Station here: http://www.lonebiker.dk/avondowns.htm

Anthony Lagoon

Queensland Police patrolled the area from Cloncurry to Borroloola prior to their being a police presence in the NT and it is believed...

Alice Springs

Alice Springs is the regional centre of Central Australia and known as Mparntwe to the Arrente people. It straddles the Todd River near...

Police Stations

Current police stations / facilities

Darwin

Darwin Police Station - Mitchell Centre
Darwin Police Headquarters - NAB House
Peter McAulay Centre (Berrimah Police Centre)
Casuarina Police Station
Nightcliff Police Station
Palmerston Police Station
Port Darwin generally

Other regional centres

Alice Springs Police Station
Katherine Police Station
Tennant Creek Police Station
Nhulunbuy Police Station (Gove)
Alyangula Police Station (Groote Eylandt)

Bush stations / posts

Adelaide River Police Station
Ali Curung Police Station
Alpurrurulam Police Station
Arlparra Police Station
Avon Downs Police Station
Batchelor Police Station
Borroloola Police Station - (historical station)
Bulman Police Station
Daly River Police Station
Docker River Police Station
Elliott Police Station
Galiwinku Police Station
Gapuwiyak Police Station
Haasts Bluff Police Station
Harts Range Police Station
Humpty Doo Police Station
Imanpa Police Station
Jabiru Police Station
Kalkaringi Police Station (Wave HIll)
Kintore Police Station
Kulgera Police Station
Kunbarllanjnja (Oenpelli) Police Station
Lajamanu Police Station (Hooker Creek)
Maningrida Police Station
Maranboy Police Station
Mataranka Police Station
Minjilang Police Station
Minyerri Police Station
Mutitjulu Police Station
Nguiu Police Station
Ngukurr Police Station (Roper River)
Ntaria (Hermansburg)
Numbulwar Police Station
Nyirripi Police Station
Papanya Police Station
Peppimenarti Police Station
Pine Creek Police Station
Pirlangimpi (Bathurst Island)
Ramingining Police Station
Santa Teresa Police Station
Timber Creek Police Station
Ti-Tree Police Station
Wadeye (Port Keats)
Warruwi Police Station
Willowra Police Station
Yarralin Police Station
Yeundumu Police Station
Yulara Police Station (Ayres Rock)

Historical police stations

Anthony Lagoon Police Station - 1930
Borroloola Police Station - opened 1885
Bow Hills Police Station
Brock's Creek Police Station
Cavenagh Street Police Training Centre
Daly Waters 1960's - 1980s
Darwin Police Station - 1946
Finke Police Station
Happy Creek Police Camp
Hatches Creek Police Station
Lake Nash Police Station - 1948
Newcastle Waters Police Station - 1926
Parap Police Station - 1940
Roper River Police Station - 1930
Southport Police Station
Tennant Creek Police Station - 1934
Timber Creek Police Station - 1898

Early settlements

Port Essington
Fort Dundas
Fort Wellington - Raffles Bay
Escape Cliffs

Districts

Barkly Tablelands District

This region covers about 30,000 square miles (about 77732.8 sq km) extending from Newcastle Waters to the Queensland border. The average annual rainfall (1955 Commonwealth Annual Report) varies from 11.66 inches at Lake Nash to 17.79 inches (about 29cm to 45 cm) to at Newcastle Waters. The rain mainly occurs between November and March. The climate is hot in the summer with temperatures frequently over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (about 37 degrees Celsius) but is fresh and bracing during the winter. There are a few good permanent natural waterholes but the area generally is not well served in natural waters,

Abundant sub-artesian water of good quality is found .however in almost all of the area, usually at a depth of 150 to 300 feet (about 45m to 90m). The elevation ranges from 600 to 1,000 feet (about 180m to 300m) and the area consists of Mitchell and Flinders grass downs broken by small stretches of mixed country affording some shade. The whole area tends to be flat, featureless and lacking in shade.