This is a list of schools in the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

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, Australia

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. The Northern Territory education system traditionally consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 6 (ages 5–11), and high school

High school

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s, which accommodate students from Years 7 to 12 (ages 12–17).

State primary schools

Name	Suburb/Town	LGA	Opened	Website	Notes
Alawa Primary School	Alawa Alawa, Northern Territory Alawa is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The suburb it is bounded by Dripstone Road, parts of Lakeside Drive and the Rapid Creek. It is in the Local Government Area of City of Darwin.-History:...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1970	Website
Alyangula Area School	Alyangula	East Arnhem East Arnhem Shire The East Arnhem Shire is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The shire covers an area of and has a population of 9,120.-History:...	1968
Anula Primary School	Anula Anula, Northern Territory Anula is a Northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, in the Northern Territory of Australia. The suburb lies to the east of Lee Point Road and to the North of McMillians road and covers an area of 1.318 km²....	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1978	Website
Bakewell Primary School	Bakewell Bakewell, Northern Territory Bakewell is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston, Australia. It is 24.9 km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston. Bakewell is bounded to the north by Buscall Avenue, to the west is Chung Wah Terrace, and to the south and east is Lambrick Avenue. Development of...	Palmerston City of Palmerston The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howard Springs. The City covers an area of 56.3 km² and has a...	1999	Website
Batchelor Area School	Batchelor Batchelor, Northern Territory Batchelor is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. The town is located in the Coomalie Shire Local Government Area, 98 kilometres  south of the territory capital, Darwin...	Coomalie	1953
Bees Creek Primary School	Freds Pass Freds Pass, Northern Territory Freds Pass is an outer rural locality in Darwin. The name Fred's Pass originally referred to a gap in the Daly Ranges through which the Fred's Pass Road ran, and was named by surveyor W. P. Auld for his fellow-explorer Fred Litchfield, whose name is also commemorated in the nearby Litchfield...	Litchfield	1997	Website
Berry Springs Primary School	Berry Springs Berry Springs, Northern Territory Berry Springs is an outer suburban area in Darwin. The name "Berry Springs" derived from "Berry Creek", named by Goyder in 1870, after his Chief Draftsman, Edwin S Berry....	Litchfield	1977	Website
Bradshaw Primary School	Gillen	Alice Springs	1974	Website
Braitling Primary School	Braitling	Alice Springs	1977	Website
Casuarina Street Primary School	Katherine East Katherine East, Northern Territory Katherine East is an eastern suburb in the town of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia. It is in the Local Government Area of the Katherine Town Council....	Katherine	1998	Website
Clyde Fenton Primary School	Katherine Katherine, Northern Territory Katherine is a town situated southeast of Darwin in the "Top End" of Australia in the Northern Territory. It is the fourth largest settlement in the Territory after the capital Darwin, Palmerston and Alice Springs...	Katherine	1977	Website
Driver Primary School	Driver Driver, Northern Territory Driver is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston. It is 23 km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston. Durack is bounded to the north by University Ave, to the west Elrundle Avenue, to the east Temple Terrace and to the south Tilston Avenue...	Palmerston City of Palmerston The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howard Springs. The City covers an area of 56.3 km² and has a...	1986	Website
Durack Primary School	Durack Durack, Northern Territory Durack is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston. It is 22 km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston. Durack is bounded to the north by the Stuart Highway, to the west and south is University Ave and to the east is Roystonea Avenue...	Palmerston City of Palmerston The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howard Springs. The City covers an area of 56.3 km² and has a...	1998	Website
Gillen Primary School	Gillen	Alice Springs	1970	Website
Girraween Primary School	Girraween Girraween, Northern Territory Girraween is an outer rural area in Darwin. It is 35 km South - East of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the Litchfield Municipality. The suburb is mostly a rural area.-External links:...	Litchfield	?
Gray Primary School	Gray Gray, Northern Territory Gray is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston. It is 23 km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston. Gray is bounded to the north and west by Temple Terrace, to the east is Chung Wah Terrace, and to the south and east is Emery Avenue.The suburb of Gray is named...	Palmerston City of Palmerston The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howard Springs. The City covers an area of 56.3 km² and has a...	1983	Website
Howard Springs Primary School	Howard Springs Howard Springs, Northern Territory Howard Springs is an outer rural area of Darwin. It is 29km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the Litchfield Municipality. The suburb is mostly a rural area, but has been experiencing strong growth in population and development. Settlement of the suburb began in 1864. In 1939,...	Litchfield	1977
Humpty Doo Primary School	Humpty Doo Humpty Doo, Northern Territory Humpty Doo is a small town in Australia's Northern Territory, situated just south of the Arnhem Highway, approximately 40 km from Darwin. At the 2006 census, Humpty Doo had a population of 5,413....	Litchfield	1980	Website
Jabiru Area School	Jabiru Jabiru, Northern Territory Jabiru is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It was originally built in 1982 as a closed town to house the community living at Jabiru East near the Ranger Uranium Mine eight kilometres away. Both the mine and the town are completely surrounded by Kakadu National Park.- Overview :Jabiru...	West Arnhem West Arnhem Shire The West Arnhem Shire is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The shire covers an area of 49,698.26 km² and has a estimated population of 6,806 people.-History:...	1978	Website
Jingili Primary School	Jingili Jingili, Northern Territory Jingili is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Jingili was constructed in the early 1970s. Jingili is named after an Aboriginal tribe who inhabited the area around Elliott in the middle of the Territory....	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1971	Website
Karama Primary School	Karama Karama, Northern Territory Karama is a working class Northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:The suburb of Karama is named after an Aboriginal tribe....	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1984
Katherine South Primary School	Katherine Katherine, Northern Territory Katherine is a town situated southeast of Darwin in the "Top End" of Australia in the Northern Territory. It is the fourth largest settlement in the Territory after the capital Darwin, Palmerston and Alice Springs...	Katherine	1976	Website
Larapinta Primary School	Larapinta	Alice Springs	1998	Website
Larrakeyah Primary School	Larrakeyah Larrakeyah, Northern Territory Larrakeyah is an inner suburb of Darwin, the capital city of Australia's Northern Territory.-History:Larrakeyah is named after the indigenous language group that occupied the area before European settlement, the Larrakia, who occupied much of the Darwin coastal area.Development of the suburb...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1963	Website
Leanyer Primary School	Leanyer Leanyer, Northern Territory -History:The name Leanyer was in general use for the area at the time of development and first appeared on 1869 survey plans. Leanyer is thought to be derived from an Aboriginal word.Leanyer was established as a military and residential area...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1983	Website
Ludmilla Primary School	Ludmilla Ludmilla, Northern Territory Ludmilla is a northern inner suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Ludmilla, as a suburb, obtained its name from Ludmilla Creek. The suburb is believed to have been named after Ludmilla Holtze by Gustav Sabine, who was a Government Surveyor, and who carried out a...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1967	Website
MacFarlane Primary School	Katherine Katherine, Northern Territory Katherine is a town situated southeast of Darwin in the "Top End" of Australia in the Northern Territory. It is the fourth largest settlement in the Territory after the capital Darwin, Palmerston and Alice Springs...	Katherine	1987	Website
Malak Primary School	Malak Malak, Northern Territory Malak is a Northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, in the Northern Territory of Australia.-History:Malak is named after the Aboriginal tribe who came from the Daly River area. Alternative spellings have been Mallak, Mulluck Mulluck...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1981	Website
Manunda Terrace Primary School	Karama Karama, Northern Territory Karama is a working class Northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:The suburb of Karama is named after an Aboriginal tribe....	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	?	Website
Millner Primary School	Millner Millner, Northern Territory Millner is a northern suburb in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia.-History:Millner was named after Dr James S. Millner, the medical officer in George W. Goyder's 1869 expedition to found the first colony at Port Darwin. He went on to serve as Protector of Aborigines until...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1968	Website
Moil Primary School	Moil Moil, Northern Territory Moil is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Moil was built before Cyclone Tracy in 1974. It derives its name from the Aboriginal people on the Moyle River who inhabit an area on the lower reaches of the Daly River and around Port Keats.-External...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1972	Website
Moulden Park Primary School	Moulden Moulden, Northern Territory Moulden is an outer-city suburb of Palmerston, Australia. It is southeast of the Darwin CBD by road, about as the crow flies. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston. Moulden is a newly residential area...	Palmerston City of Palmerston The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howard Springs. The City covers an area of 56.3 km² and has a...	?
Nakara Primary School	Nakara Nakara, Northern Territory Nakara is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The suburb it is bounded by Trower Road, Ellengowen Drive and Dripstone Road . It is in the Local Government Area of City of Darwin...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1975	Website
Nhulunbuy Primary School	Nhulunbuy Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory Nhulunbuy is the name of the township created on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory of Australia when a bauxite mine and deep water port were established nearby in the late 1960s...	East Arnhem East Arnhem Shire The East Arnhem Shire is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The shire covers an area of and has a population of 9,120.-History:...	1972	Website	Area School until 1981
Nightcliff Primary School Nightcliff Primary School Nightcliff Primary School is one of the oldest primary schools in Darwin, NT. It is situated near the Nightcliff foreshore, where Darwin was defended from Japanese air raids in World War II....	Nightcliff Nightcliff, Northern Territory Nightcliff is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Although the origin of the name Nightcliff has always been surrounded by conjecture and controversy, the naming can be tracked back to 8 September 1839...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1961	Website
Parap Primary School	Parap Parap, Northern Territory Parap is an inner suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Parap derived its name from that applied by Dr John A Gilruth, first Commonwealth Administrator in 1912. He applied the name Paraparap , but had to abbreviate it to Parap later during his term...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1958	Website
Ross Park Primary School	East Side	Alice Springs	1961	Website
Sadadeen Primary School	Sadadeen	Alice Springs	1983	Website
Stuart Park Primary School	Stuart Park Stuart Park, Northern Territory Stuart Park is an inner suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:This area derived its name as part of Parap after the Army had left in 1946 and a number of Sidney William hutments remained. The Parap Parish Hall between Westralia Street and Charles Street existed in...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1966	Website
Wagaman Primary School	Wagaman Wagaman, Northern Territory Wagaman is a suburb of the Australian city of Darwin, Northern Territory. It lies in the band of locations known as the northern suburbs. An established residential area, Wagaman is bounded by Vanderlin Drive in the north, Lee Point Road in the east, Parer Drive in the south and Trower Road in the...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1973	Website
Wanguri Primary School	Wanguri Wanguri, Northern Territory Wanguri is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Wanguri was one of Darwin's northern suburbs built before Cyclone Tracy in 1974...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1976	Website
Woodroffe Primary School	Woodroffe Woodroffe, Northern Territory Woodroffe is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston. It is 25km SE of the Darwin CBD and 2.1km from Palmerston City. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....	Palmerston City of Palmerston The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howard Springs. The City covers an area of 56.3 km² and has a...	1996
Wulagi Primary School	Wulagi Wulagi, Northern Territory Wulagi is a Northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, in the Northern Territory of Australia.-History:Wulagi is one of Darwin's northern suburbs east of Lee Point and was built after Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin, Northern Territory in 1974. The name originates from an Aboriginal tribe...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	?

State high schools

Name	Suburb	LGA	Opened	Website	Notes
Barkly College	Tennant Creek Tennant Creek, Northern Territory Tennant Creek is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the fifth largest town in the Northern Territory and it is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with the western terminus of the Barkly Highway....	Barkly Barkly Shire The Barkly Shire is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The shire main town is Tennant Creek The shire covers an area of and has a estimated population of 8,077 people.-History:...	2010		Two-campus school
Casuarina Senior College	Moil Moil, Northern Territory Moil is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Moil was built before Cyclone Tracy in 1974. It derives its name from the Aboriginal people on the Moyle River who inhabit an area on the lower reaches of the Daly River and around Port Keats.-External...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1973	Website	HS until 1986
Centralian Middle School	Gillen	Alice Springs	2010		Merger of Alice Springs and Anzac Hill HSs
Centralian Senior College	Sadadeen	Alice Springs	1979	Website	Sadadeen HS until 2005
Darwin High School	The Gardens The Gardens, Northern Territory The Gardens is an inner suburb of the city Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:This suburban name is derived from the Botanic Gardens which began with the appointment of Maurice Holtze in 1878 and has grown to have one of the largest known collections of palms...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1948	Website	10-12
Darwin Middle School	The Gardens The Gardens, Northern Territory The Gardens is an inner suburb of the city Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:This suburban name is derived from the Botanic Gardens which began with the appointment of Maurice Holtze in 1878 and has grown to have one of the largest known collections of palms...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	2008	Website	7-9. Split from Darwin HS
Dripstone Middle School	Tiwi Tiwi, Northern Territory Tiwi is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The suburb it is bounded by Trower Road, Henbury Avenue and a costal strip, separating Casuarina Beach and Lee Point Beach. It is in the Local Government Area of City of Darwin...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1980	Website	HS 1984–1987, 1994–2007
Katherine High School	Katherine Katherine, Northern Territory Katherine is a town situated southeast of Darwin in the "Top End" of Australia in the Northern Territory. It is the fourth largest settlement in the Territory after the capital Darwin, Palmerston and Alice Springs...	Katherine	1988	Website
Nightcliff Middle School	Rapid Creek Rapid Creek, Northern Territory Rapid Creek is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.- History :Although the precise circumstances of the naming of Rapid Creek remain obscure, the name must have been applied by Surveyor-General George W. Goyder's surveyors not long after the arrival of the 1869...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1972	Website	HS until 2007
Nhulunbuy High School	Nhulunbuy Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory Nhulunbuy is the name of the township created on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory of Australia when a bauxite mine and deep water port were established nearby in the late 1960s...	East Arnhem East Arnhem Shire The East Arnhem Shire is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The shire covers an area of and has a population of 9,120.-History:...	1981	Website
Palmerston Senior College	Driver Driver, Northern Territory Driver is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston. It is 23 km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston. Durack is bounded to the north by University Ave, to the west Elrundle Avenue, to the east Temple Terrace and to the south Tilston Avenue...	Palmerston City of Palmerston The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howard Springs. The City covers an area of 56.3 km² and has a...	1986	Website	Driver HS until 1999; HS until
Sanderson Middle School	Wulagi Wulagi, Northern Territory Wulagi is a Northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, in the Northern Territory of Australia.-History:Wulagi is one of Darwin's northern suburbs east of Lee Point and was built after Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin, Northern Territory in 1974. The name originates from an Aboriginal tribe...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1976	Website	HS until 2007
Taminmin College	Humpty Doo Humpty Doo, Northern Territory Humpty Doo is a small town in Australia's Northern Territory, situated just south of the Arnhem Highway, approximately 40 km from Darwin. At the 2006 census, Humpty Doo had a population of 5,413....	Litchfield	1983	Website	HS until 2007

Remote schools

A significant percentage of the Territory's population are Aboriginals

Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....

 living in remote areas. Most of these are based in communities, which are like towns but differ in that they are owned and run by the local population. Some communities viewed as sustainable in the long-term have been labelled "Territory Growth Towns" by the Territory Government and will attract increased investment to improve services.
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Name	Town	Group/Region	Opened	Website	Notes
Adelaide River Primary School	Adelaide River Adelaide River, Northern Territory Adelaide River is a town where the Stuart Highway crosses the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory of Australia, upstream of the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains Important Bird Area. At the 2006 census, Adelaide River had a population of 190...	Top End	1950	Website
Alcoota School	Engawala	Sandover	?	Website
Alekarenge (Ali Curung) School	Ali Curung	Barkly	?	Teaching NT
Alpurrurulam School	Alpurrurulam Alpurrurulam, Northern Territory Alpurrurulam , also known as Lake Nash, is a small town located in the Northern Territory, Australia, 600 km east of Tennant Creek and 20 km from the NT-Queensland border.The 2006 Census counts 343 residents, with nearly 94% of them Aboriginal...	Sandover	?	Website
Amanbidji Primary School	Amanbidji	Katherine	?	Website
Amoonguna School	Amoonguna	Alice Springs	?	Teaching NT
Ampilatwatja School	Ampilatwatja	Sandover	1982	Website
Angurugu School	Angurugu Angurugu, Northern Territory Angurugu is a community located on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory, Australia, just off the mainland. The main languages spoken there are Anindilyakwa, an Australian Aboriginal language, and English. A permit is required before travelling to Angurugu....  (G. Eylandt Groote Eylandt Groote Eylandt is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northeastern Australia. It is the homeland of, and is owned by, the Anindilyakwa people who speak the isolated Anindilyakwa language).... )	Arnhem	?	Teaching NT	T–12
Areyonga School	Areyonga	Lasseter	?	Teaching NT
Arlparra High School	Utopia Utopia, Northern Territory Utopia is an Aboriginal homeland formed in November 1978 by the amalgamation of the former Utopia pastoral lease with a tract of unalienated land to its north. It covers an area of 3500 square kilometres, transected by the Sandover River, and lies on a traditional boundary of the Alyawarra and...	Sandover	2009	http:
Baniyala Garrangali School	Baniyala	Arnhem	?	Teaching NT	T–12
Barunga CEC	Barunga Barunga, Northern Territory Barunga is a small aboriginal community located approximately southeast of Katherine, in the Northern Territory, Australia. Barunga is part of the Roper Gulf Shire Council. The community has a health clinic, camping grounds, sports oval, basketball courts, softball pitch, school, council office, a...	Katherine	?	Website
Belyuen School	Belyuen	Top End	?	Website
Bonya School	Bonya	Sandover	1988	Website
Borroloola School	Borroloola Borroloola, Northern Territory Borroloola is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located on the McArthur River, about 50 km upstream from the Gulf of Carpentaria. At the 2006 census, Borroloola had a population of 773, of whom 579 declared themselves indigenous....	Gulf	?	Teaching NT	T–12
Bulla Camp Primary School	Auvergne Station	Katherine	?	Website
Bulman Primary School	Bulman Bulman, Northern Territory Bulman is a cattle station town in the Northern Territory of Australia. One of the northernmost communities in the Northern Territory, it is on the Central Arnhem Road about 400 kilometers east-southeast of Darwin, Australia...	Katherine	?	Website
Canteen Creek School	Owairtilla	Barkly	?	Teaching NT
Docker River School	Kaltukatjara	Lasseter	?	Teaching NT
Douglas Daly School	DPIFM Research Farm	Top End	1982	Website
Dundee Beach School	Dundee Beach	Top End	1998	Website
Elliott School	Elliott Elliott, Northern Territory Elliott is a town in Northern Territory, Australia. It is located almost halfway between Darwin and Alice Springs on the Stuart Highway. The town is in the Yapurkulangu ward of the Barkly Shire. The area is the home of the Jingili people and the traditional name of the town is Kulumindini...	Barkly	?	Teaching NT
Epenarra School	Epenarra	Barkly	?	Teaching NT
Finke School	Aputula	Lasseter	?	Teaching NT
Gapuwiyak School	Gapuwiyak Gapuwiyak, Northern Territory Gapuwiyak is an Australian Aboriginal community located in north-eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, 25 km south of the head of Buckingham Bay and about the same distance south-west of Arnhem Bay. It is adjacent to Lake Evella...	Arnhem	?	Teaching NT
Gochan Jiny-Jirra School	Gochan Jiny-Jirra	Top End	1998		T–6
Gunbalanya	Kunbarllanjnja	Top End	?	Teaching NT
Haasts Bluff School	Haasts Bluff Haasts Bluff, Northern Territory Haasts Bluff, also known as Ikuntji, is an Indigenous Australian community in Central Australia, a region of the Northern Territory. The community is located in the MacDonnell Shire local government area, west of Alice Springs...	Tanami	?	Teaching NT
Harts Range School	Atitjere	Sandover	1988	Website
Imanpa School	Imanpa	Lasseter	?	Teaching NT
Ipolera School	Ipolera	Lasseter	?	Teaching NT
Jilkminggan Primary School	Jilkminggan	Katherine	1975	Website
Kalkaringi School	Daguragu	Katherine	?	Teaching NT	T–12
Kiana School	Kiana Station	Gulf	?	Teaching NT
Lajamanu School	Lajamanu Lajamanu, Northern Territory Lajamanu is a small town of the Northern Territory in Australia. It has a population of 669 , of which a significant amount are of Aboriginal origin...	Tanami	?	Teaching NT
Laramba School	Laramba	Tanami	?	Teaching NT
Lilla School	Ukaka	Lasseter	?	Teaching NT
Mamaruni School	Minjilang Minjilang, Northern Territory Minjilang, formerly Mission Bay, is the Aboriginal community located on Croker Island, some 235 km east northeast of Northern Territory's capital of Darwin. It is the only settlement of any size on Croker Island . The island is just a few kilometres from Cobourg Peninsula on the mainland...	Top End	1975	Website
Maningrida School	Maningrida Maningrida, Northern Territory Maningrida is a self-governing indigenous community in the heart of the Arnhem Land region of Australia's Northern Territory. Maningrida is located 500 km east of Darwin and 300 km north east of Jabiru. It is on the North Central Arnhem Land coast of the Arafura Sea, on the estuary of the Liverpool...	Arnhem	?	Teaching NT	T–12
Manyallaluk School	Manyallaluk	Katherine	2005	Website
Mataranka Primary School	Mataranka Mataranka, Northern Territory Mataranka is a community of about 400, in the Top End region of Australia's Northern Territory. The town is located about 420 km southeast of the territorial capital, Darwin, and 107 km south of Katherine. At the 2001 census, Mataranka had a population of 461.The town is located near...	Katherine	1968	Website
M'Bunghara School	M'Bunghara	Tanami	?	Teaching NT
Middle Point School	Middle Point Middle Point, Northern Territory Middle Point is an outer suburban area in Darwin. The name of the locality technically derived from its name from the ridge of fertile upland country jutting out as a "middle point" into the open plain country on the edge of the coastal plains of the Adelaide River.-External links:...	Top End	1964	Website
Milikapiti School	Melville Island	Top End	?	Website
Milingimbi School	Milingimbi	Arnhem	?	Teaching NT
Milyakburra School	Bickerton Island Bickerton Island Bickerton Island is situated 13 km west off Groote Eylandt and 8 km east of the mouth of Blue Mud Bay in eastern Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is about 21 by 21 kilometers in size, with deep bays and indentations, and has an area of 215 km2. The largest bays...	Arnhem	?	Teaching NT
Minyerri Community School	Minyerri Minyerri, Northern Territory Minyerri is located approximately 270 km south-east of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia by road. A permit is required for non-Aboriginal people to enter the community. The Hodgson River is in close proximity. The area experiences the Wet and Dry seasons, with temperatures ranging from Dry...	Katherine	?	Teaching NT
Mount Allan School	Yuelamu	Tanami	?	Teaching NT
Murray Downs School	Imangara	Barkly	?	Teaching NT
Mutitjulu School	Mutitjulu Mutitjulu, Northern Territory Mutitjulu in Australia's Northern Territory, pop. approx. 150, is an Indigenous Australian community at the eastern end of Uluru . It is named after a knee-shaped water-filled rock hole at the base of Uluru, and is located in the world-famous Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park...	Lasseter	?	Teaching NT
Newcastle Waters School	Marlinja	Barkly	?	Teaching NT
Neutral Junction School	Tara	Barkly	?	Teaching NT
Nganmarriyanga School	Nganmarriyanga	Top End	1987	Website
Ngukurr School	Ngukurr	Katherine	?	Teaching NT
Ntaria School	Hermannsburg Hermannsburg, Northern Territory Hermannsburg is an Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory of Australia, 131 km southwest of Alice Springs. It is known in the local Western Arrernte language as Ntaria....	Lasseter	?	Teaching NT
Numbulwar School	Numbulwar Numbulwar, Northern Territory Numbulwar is a small, primarily Aboriginal community on the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory of Australia.Permanent settlement began in 1952 with the founding of the Rose River Mission by local Aboriginal communities and the Church Missionary Society.The Mission operated until the...	Arnhem	?	Teaching NT	T–12
Nyirrpi School	Nyirrpi	Tanami	?	Teaching NT
Papunya School	Papunya Papunya, Northern Territory Papunya is a small Indigenous Australian community of about 299 people roughly 240 km northwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia...	Tanami	?	Teaching NT
Peppeminarti School	Peppeminarti	Top End	?	Website
Pigeon Hole Primary School	Bunbidee	Katherine	?	Website
Pine Creek School	Pine Creek Pine Creek, Northern Territory Pine Creek is a small town in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory, Australia. According to the 2001 Australian census 665 people live in Pine Creek, which is the fourth largest town between Darwin and Alice Springs....	Katherine	? Website
Pularumpi School	Melville Island	Top End	1968	Website	Garden Point School until 1981
Ramingining School	Ramingining Ramingining, Northern Territory Ramingining is an Indigenous community in the Northern Territory, Australia, 560 km east of Darwin. It is on the edge of the Arafura Swamp in Arnhem Land...	Arnhem	?	Teaching NT
Robinson River School	Robinson River Station	Gulf	?	Teaching NT
Rockhampton Downs School	Wogayela	Barkly	?	Teaching NT
Shepherdson College	Galiwin'ku (Elcho Elcho Island Elcho Island is an island off the coast of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. It is located at the southern end of the Wessel Islands group located in the East Arnhem Region. The island's largest community is the settlement of Galiwin'ku.... )	Arnhem	?	Teaching NT	T–12
Stirling School	Stirling Station	Barkly	?	Teaching NT
Ti Tree School	Ti Tree Ti Tree, Northern Territory Ti Tree is a small town in the Northern Territory along the Stuart Highway 193 km north of Alice Springs, 311 km south of Tennant Creek and 1289 km south of Darwin in Australia. It is the closest town to Alice Springs. The area around Ti Tree has a population of...	Tanami	?	Teaching NT
Timber Creek Primary School	Timber Creek	Katherine	?	Website
Tipperary Station School	Tipperary Station	Top End	1977	Website
Titjikala School	Titjikala	Lasseter	?	Teaching NT
Umbakumba School	Umbakumba (G. Eylandt Groote Eylandt Groote Eylandt is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northeastern Australia. It is the homeland of, and is owned by, the Anindilyakwa people who speak the isolated Anindilyakwa language).... )	Arnhem	?	Teaching NT	T–12
Urapunga Primary School	Urapunga	Katherine	1975	Website
Utopia Homeland Centre Schools	Utopia Utopia, Northern Territory Utopia is an Aboriginal homeland formed in November 1978 by the amalgamation of the former Utopia pastoral lease with a tract of unalienated land to its north. It covers an area of 3500 square kilometres, transected by the Sandover River, and lies on a traditional boundary of the Alyawarra and...	Sandover	?	Website	Network of 6 schools
Wallace Rockhole School	Wallace Rockhole	Lasseter	?	Teaching NT
Walungurru School	Kintore Kintore, Northern Territory Kintore is a remote settlement in the Northern Territory of Australia, located approximately 530 km west of Alice Springs and close to the border with Western Australia. At the 2001 census, Kintore had a population of 691, of which 95% identified themselves as Aboriginal...	Tanami	?	Teaching NT
Warrego Primary School	via Tennant Creek Tennant Creek, Northern Territory Tennant Creek is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the fifth largest town in the Northern Territory and it is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with the western terminus of the Barkly Highway....	Barkly	?
Warruwi School	Warruwi	Top End	?	Website
Watiyawanu School	Amunturrngu	Tanami	?	Teaching NT
Willowra School	Willowra	Tanami	?	Teaching NT
Woolaning School	Woolaning	Top End	?	Website
Woolianna Primary School	Woolianna	Top End	1998	Website
Wugularr Community School	Beswick	Katherine	?	Website
Yarralin Primary School	Walangeri	Katherine	1999	Website
Yirrkala School	Yirrkala Yirrkala, Northern Territory Yirrkala is a well-known indigenous community in Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia, at , 18 km South-East from the large mining town of Nhulunbuy...	Arnhem	?	Teaching NT	T–12
Yuendumu School	Yuendumu	Tanami	?	Teaching NT
Yulara School	Yulara	Lasseter	?	Teaching NT

Other state schools

This includes special schools (schools for disabled children) and schools for specific purposes.

Name	Suburb	LGA	Opened	Website	Notes
Acacia Hill School	Sadadeen	Alice Springs	?	Website
Alice Springs School of the Air	Alice Springs	Alice Springs	1951	Website
Henbury School	Wanguri Wanguri, Northern Territory Wanguri is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Wanguri was one of Darwin's northern suburbs built before Cyclone Tracy in 1974...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1983	Website
Katherine School of the Air	Katherine Katherine, Northern Territory Katherine is a town situated southeast of Darwin in the "Top End" of Australia in the Northern Territory. It is the fourth largest settlement in the Territory after the capital Darwin, Palmerston and Alice Springs...	Katherine	1966	Website
Nemarluk School	Ludmilla Ludmilla, Northern Territory Ludmilla is a northern inner suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Ludmilla, as a suburb, obtained its name from Ludmilla Creek. The suburb is believed to have been named after Ludmilla Holtze by Gustav Sabine, who was a Government Surveyor, and who carried out a...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1986	Website	Formerly Ludmilla Special School

Defunct state schools

Name	Suburb	LGA	Opened	Closed	Notes
Alice Springs High School	Gillen	Alice Springs	1964	2009	Merged into Centralian Middle School
Anzac Hill High School	Alice Springs	Alice Springs	1987	2009	Merged into Centralian Middle School
Hartley Street School	Alice Springs	Alice Springs	1930	1965
Tennant Creek High School	Tennant Creek Tennant Creek, Northern Territory Tennant Creek is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the fifth largest town in the Northern Territory and it is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with the western terminus of the Barkly Highway....	Barkly Barkly Shire The Barkly Shire is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The shire main town is Tennant Creek The shire covers an area of and has a estimated population of 8,077 people.-History:...	1986	2009	Became middle/senior campus of Barkly College
Tennant Creek Primary School	Tennant Creek Tennant Creek, Northern Territory Tennant Creek is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the fifth largest town in the Northern Territory and it is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with the western terminus of the Barkly Highway....	Barkly Barkly Shire The Barkly Shire is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The shire main town is Tennant Creek The shire covers an area of and has a estimated population of 8,077 people.-History:...	?	2009	Became primary campus of Barkly College

Catholic schools

In the Northern Territory, Catholic schools are usually (but not always) linked to a parish. Prior to the 1980s, most schools were founded by religious orders

Roman Catholic religious order

Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular ; monastics ; mendicants Catholic religious orders are, historically, a category of Catholic religious institutes.Subcategories are canons regular (canons and canonesses regular...

, but with the decrease in membership in the orders together with major reforms inside the church, lay teachers and administrators began to take over the schools, a process which completed by approximately 1990.

Schools are administered by Catholic Education Office, Northern Territory, which is administered by the Diocese of Darwin

Roman Catholic Diocese of Darwin

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Darwin is a suffragan Latin rite diocese of the Archdiocese of Adelaide based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia....

. Preference for enrolment is given to Catholic students from the parish or local area, although non-Catholic students are admitted if room is available.

Name	Suburb	LGA	Opened	Website	Notes
Holy Family Primary School	Karama Karama, Northern Territory Karama is a working class Northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:The suburb of Karama is named after an Aboriginal tribe....	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1983	Website
Holy Spirit Primary School	Wanguri Wanguri, Northern Territory Wanguri is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Wanguri was one of Darwin's northern suburbs built before Cyclone Tracy in 1974...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1979	Website
Ltyentye Apurte CEC	Ltyentye Apurte	MacDonnell MacDonnell Shire The MacDonnell Shire is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The shire covers an area of 268,784.20 km² and has a estimated population of 7,142 people.-Geography:...	1936	Website	Santa Teresa School until 1990
MacKillop Catholic College MacKillop Catholic College St Mary MacKillop College, formerly known as MacKillop Catholic College, is a Catholic high school in the Australian capital of Canberra, with two campuses in the Tuggeranong Valley. The school is the result of an amalgamation of Padua High School and St. Peter's College in 1998. It is the second...	Farrar Farrar, Northern Territory Farrar is an outer eastern suburb of Palmerston. It is 21 km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston. Farrar is bounded to the north and east by the Stuart Highway, to the west Roystonea Avenue...	Palmerston City of Palmerston The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howard Springs. The City covers an area of 56.3 km² and has a...	2011		7-12
Murrupurtiyanuwu Catholic School	Nguiu	Tiwi Islands	1912		Formerly St Therese's School until 1991
O'Loughlin Catholic College	Karama Karama, Northern Territory Karama is a working class Northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:The suburb of Karama is named after an Aboriginal tribe....	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1987	Website	7-12
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College	Alice Springs	Alice Springs	1997	Website	T–12
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Thamarrurr Catholic School	Wadeye Wadeye, Northern Territory Wadeye is a town in Australia's Northern Territory.Wadeye was formerly known as Port Keats. The town is remote, situated on the western edge of the Daly River Reserve more than 200 km south west of Darwin, with road access being cut off by flooding during the wet season. Year round access is via...	Victoria Daly	1941	Website	T–12
Pungajurruwu School	Wurankuwu	Tiwi Islands			Homelands Centre
Sacred Heart Primary School	Woodroffe Woodroffe, Northern Territory Woodroffe is an inner-city suburb of Palmerston. It is 25km SE of the Darwin CBD and 2.1km from Palmerston City. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston....	Palmerston City of Palmerston The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howard Springs. The City covers an area of 56.3 km² and has a...	1987	Website	Moved from Berrimah Berrimah, Northern Territory Berrimah is an Eastern Suburb in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia.-History:Before World War II, in 1941 the Military authorities had decided on a number of locations in the north to identify strategic "camps" on ‘the road to the North’ - "Berrimah", "Noonamah" and...  in 1994
St Francis of Assisi School	Humpty Doo Humpty Doo, Northern Territory Humpty Doo is a small town in Australia's Northern Territory, situated just south of the Arnhem Highway, approximately 40 km from Darwin. At the 2006 census, Humpty Doo had a population of 5,413....	Litchfield	1997	Website
Saint Francis Xavier School	Nauiyu Nambiyu	Victoria Daly	1956		T–10
St John's College St John's College, Darwin St. John's College is a private Catholic secondary school based on the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart traditions. It is located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, on Salonika Street. It is a co-educational college for day and boarding students...	The Gardens The Gardens, Northern Territory The Gardens is an inner suburb of the city Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:This suburban name is derived from the Botanic Gardens which began with the appointment of Maurice Holtze in 1878 and has grown to have one of the largest known collections of palms...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1960	Website	7-12. Boys until 1975
St Mary's Primary School	Darwin City	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1908	Website	St Joseph's School until 1967
Saint Michael's School	Wudikapildiyerr	Victoria Daly			Homelands Centre
St Joseph's College	Katherine Katherine, Northern Territory Katherine is a town situated southeast of Darwin in the "Top End" of Australia in the Northern Territory. It is the fourth largest settlement in the Territory after the capital Darwin, Palmerston and Alice Springs...	Katherine	1987	Website	T–10; primary until 1999
St Paul's Primary School	Nightcliff Nightcliff, Northern Territory Nightcliff is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Although the origin of the name Nightcliff has always been surrounded by conjecture and controversy, the naming can be tracked back to 8 September 1839...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	1967	Website
Xavier CEC	Nguiu	Tiwi Islands	1932		Xavier Boys School until 1992

Independent schools

Name	Suburb	LGA	Category	Opened	Website	Notes
Alice Springs Steiner School	Ross	Alice Springs	Steiner	2005	Website
Araluen Christian School	Araluen	Alice Springs	Christian (NTCSA)	1990	Website	T–9
Darwin Adventist School	Malak Malak, Northern Territory Malak is a Northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, in the Northern Territory of Australia.-History:Malak is named after the Aboriginal tribe who came from the Daly River area. Alternative spellings have been Mallak, Mulluck Mulluck...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	Adventist	?
Gāwa Christian School	Elcho Island Elcho Island Elcho Island is an island off the coast of Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia. It is located at the southern end of the Wessel Islands group located in the East Arnhem Region. The island's largest community is the settlement of Galiwin'ku....	Tiwi Islands	Christian (NTCSA)	2004	Website	T–10
Good Shepherd Lutheran College (Primary)	Palmerston City Palmerston City, Northern Territory Palmerston City is an inner suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia, located within the City of Palmerston. Its postcode is 0830. It contains the Palmerston Shopping Centre, the City of Palmerston council offices, Frances Mira Mall, a sporting complex, a library and bus terminal...	Palmerston City of Palmerston The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howard Springs. The City covers an area of 56.3 km² and has a...	Lutheran	1997	Website
Good Shepherd Lutheran College (Secondary)	Howard Springs Howard Springs, Northern Territory Howard Springs is an outer rural area of Darwin. It is 29km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the Litchfield Municipality. The suburb is mostly a rural area, but has been experiencing strong growth in population and development. Settlement of the suburb began in 1864. In 1939,...	Litchfield	Lutheran	2007	Website
Kormilda College Kormilda College Kormilda College is an Anglican and Uniting Church day and residential secondary college located at Berrimah in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:...	Berrimah Berrimah, Northern Territory Berrimah is an Eastern Suburb in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia.-History:Before World War II, in 1941 the Military authorities had decided on a number of locations in the north to identify strategic "camps" on ‘the road to the North’ - "Berrimah", "Noonamah" and...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	Anglican/Uniting	1967	Website	IB Diploma school
Living Waters Lutheran School	Larapinta	Alice Springs	Lutheran	1987	Website
Māpuru Christian School	Mapuru	East Arnhem East Arnhem Shire The East Arnhem Shire is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The shire covers an area of and has a population of 9,120.-History:...	Christian (NTCSA)	2010		Homelands school
Marrara Christian College	Karama Karama, Northern Territory Karama is a working class Northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:The suburb of Karama is named after an Aboriginal tribe....	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	Christian (NTCSA)	1979	Website	T–12
Milkwood Steiner School	Berrimah Berrimah, Northern Territory Berrimah is an Eastern Suburb in the city of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia.-History:Before World War II, in 1941 the Military authorities had decided on a number of locations in the north to identify strategic "camps" on ‘the road to the North’ - "Berrimah", "Noonamah" and...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	Steiner	2004	Website	Located at Nightcliff until 2010
Nhulunbuy Christian School	Nhulunbuy Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory Nhulunbuy is the name of the township created on the Gove Peninsula in the Northern Territory of Australia when a bauxite mine and deep water port were established nearby in the late 1960s...	East Arnhem East Arnhem Shire The East Arnhem Shire is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The shire covers an area of and has a population of 9,120.-History:...	Christian (NTCSA)	1998	Website
Nyangatjatjara College Nyangatjatjara College Nyangatjatjara College is an independent Anangu secondary school located just outside Yulara, Northern Territory, Australia.It provides secondary education for students in the region who speak Pitjantjatjara as their first language...	Yulara	MacDonnell MacDonnell Shire The MacDonnell Shire is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. The shire covers an area of 268,784.20 km² and has a estimated population of 7,142 people.-Geography:...	Independent	1997	Website	Four campuses
Palmerston Christian School	Marlow Lagoon Marlow Lagoon, Northern Territory Marlow Lagoon is an outer western suburb of Palmerston. It is 24 km SE of the Darwin CBD. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston. Marlow Lagoon is bounded to the west by the Adelaide-Darwin Railway, and east by Elrundie Ave....	Palmerston City of Palmerston The City of Palmerston is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory. It contains the suburbs of Darwin's satellite city, Palmerston, and is situated between the outer industrial areas of Darwin and the rural areas of Howard Springs. The City covers an area of 56.3 km² and has a...	Christian (NTCSA)	1988	Website	T–9
St Andrew Lutheran School	Leanyer Leanyer, Northern Territory -History:The name Leanyer was in general use for the area at the time of development and first appeared on 1869 survey plans. Leanyer is thought to be derived from an Aboriginal word.Leanyer was established as a military and residential area...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	Lutheran	1983	Website
St Philip's College	Alice Springs	Alice Springs	Uniting	1965	Website
Sattler Christian College	Humpty Doo Humpty Doo, Northern Territory Humpty Doo is a small town in Australia's Northern Territory, situated just south of the Arnhem Highway, approximately 40 km from Darwin. At the 2006 census, Humpty Doo had a population of 5,413....	Litchfield	Christian (NTCSA)	1996	Website	Formerly Litchfield Christian School
The Essington School Darwin	Nightcliff Nightcliff, Northern Territory Nightcliff is a northern suburb of the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.-History:Although the origin of the name Nightcliff has always been surrounded by conjecture and controversy, the naming can be tracked back to 8 September 1839...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	Montessori	1990	Website
Tiwi College	Melville Island	Tiwi Islands	Independent		Website
Woolaning Homeland Christian College	Woolaning	N/A	Christian (NTCSA)	2002		7-12; Homelands school
Yipirinya School	Ciccone	Alice Springs	Independent	1983	T–10. Town camp school.
Yirara College	Yirara	Alice Springs	Lutheran	1973	Website	Formerly state-run until 1993

Defunct private schools

Name	Suburb	LGA	Category	Years	Opened	Closed	Notes
Catholic High School	Alice Springs	Alice Springs	Catholic	High	1983	1997	Merged into Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College	Darwin Darwin, Northern Territory Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...	Darwin City of Darwin The City of Darwin is a Local Government Area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It includes the central business district of the capital, Darwin, and represents two-thirds of its metropolitan population. The City covers an area of 112 km² and has a estimated population of 75,908...	Catholic girls	High	1972	1975	Merged into St John's College St John's College, Darwin St. John's College is a private Catholic secondary school based on the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart and Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart traditions. It is located in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, on Salonika Street. It is a co-educational college for day and boarding students...
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart School	Alice Springs	Alice Springs	Catholic	Primary	1938	1997	Merged into Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College
Our Lady of Victories School	Pularumpi	Tiwi Islands	Catholic	Primary	1941	1968	Became Garden Point School (NT Education)

External links

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