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Songs about the Northern Territory
This page lists a number of Northern Territory towns & locations, along with songs they have been mentioned in.
Population: 221,100. Capital city: Darwin. Other notable locations: Alice Springs, Kakadu, Uluru
| LOCATION | SONG | ARTIST | LISTEN | SAMPLE LYRICS / ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DARWIN | A Brief History | Waifs | Youtube | Wyndham, Kunnunrra, Darwin we stayed for a while |
| DARWIN | Amazing Day | John Williamson | I'll see ya later mate, I'm heading up to Darwin | |
| DARWIN | ASIO | Redgum | Youtube | Darwin rendezvous, a B-52, trenchcoat slightly creased |
| DARWIN | Australiana | Austen Tayshus | Youtube | I said to Lyptus "Wanna game of Eucalyptus?" He said "There's no point mate, Darwins every time" |
| DARWIN | Carrington Cabaret | Redgum | All you people from Darwin to the south with your blue faded jeans and a joint in your mouth | |
| DARWIN | Caught In The Act | Redgum | Sit on the beach at sunset, have a few cans, and watch what they call up in Darwin, the refugee regatta | |
| DARWIN | Darwin (Big Heart Of The North) | Slim Dusty | Youtube | You're a jewel shining for us, you're the big heart of the north |
| DARWIN | Darwin Jailhouse Window | Lee Kernaghan & Tex Morton | I see you in the bar from the jailhouse window drinkin' with a fool like me | |
| DARWIN | Darwin Jam | Carus & The True Believers | Youtube | |
| DARWIN | Darwin On A Whim | Green Stone Garden | Myspace | I went to Darwin on a whim, left our washing in the wind |
| DARWIN | The Drover's Ballad | Elton John | Youtube | Oh his legend rode the winds from Broome to Darwin. From the soundtrack to the movie, Australia |
| DARWIN | Fannie Bay | Traditional | But what costs you thirty bob in Castlereagh street, you can get for two and six in Fannie Bay. Traditional bush ballad. Fannie Bay is a suburb of Darwin | |
| DARWIN | 400 Miles From Darwin | Whitlams | 400 miles from Darwin, East Timor is dying | |
| DARWIN | Hockey Night In Darwin | Peter Haines | ||
| DARWIN | I've Been Everywhere | Lucky Starr | Youtube | |
| DARWIN | Kosciuszko | Midnight Oil | Youtube | Older than Kosciuszko, Darwin down to Alice Springs |
| DARWIN | Marvelous | 12th Man | Youtube | From Darwin to the Dandenongs |
| DARWIN | Santa Never Made It Into Darwin | Bill & Boyd Bucko & Champs | Youtube | Santa never made it into Darwin, disaster struck at dawn on Christmas day |
| DARWIN | She's On Again In Darwin | Ted Egan | Youtube | She's on again tonight in dear old Darwin town |
| DARWIN | Show Me A Better Way | John Williamson | From the Isa to Alice to Darwin to Kakadu | |
| DARWIN | Song For Darwin | Ayers Rock | Youtube | From Darwin to a new home, and you know we're gonna come back |
| DARWIN | Tojo | Hoodoo Gurus | Youtube | Tojo never made it, Tojo never made it to Darwin |
| DARWIN | Truganini | Midnight Oil | Youtube | We'll be staying at the Roma Bar, till that monsoon passes on. The Roma Bar is a popular cafe in Darwin |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Alice Springs | Coloured Stone | I'm going back to Alice Springs, that's the place that's in my dreams | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Alice Springs | John Williamson | Headin' for the Alice with a dinkum show and crew | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Alice Springs | Liz Phair | Youtube | See the sun rise so loud, this whole town gets drowned out |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Alice Springs | Peter Mumme | Instrumental ambient music | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Alice Springs | Trevor Adamson | Instrumental | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Alice Springs Again | Peter Brandy | And I'm waiting here in Alice Springs again | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Alice Springs Eternal | Joe Ongie | I long for the sun in my eye, travel north through the desert, the edge of the sky | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Alice Springs Rodeo | Ted Egan | Oh the ringers come in from the stations, they're ready and they're raring to go, the ARRA boys all join 'em at the Alice Springs rodeo | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Alice Springs Rodeo | Wild Brumbys | ||
| ALICE SPRINGS | Alice Springs Waltz | Herbie Laughton | ||
| ALICE SPRINGS | Amazing Day | John Williamson | Last time through there I fell in love with Alice | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | A Town Like Alice | Ted Egan | Alice is just the place for me, with my own piece of ground, the mountains around, that's where I'd be | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Australiana | Austen Tayshus | Youtube | Just then Alice Springs into action, starts to pack Billabong |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Back To Alice Springs | Buddy Williams | ||
| ALICE SPRINGS | Caught In The Act | Redgum | Get on a plane, whip down to Alice Springs | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | 88K From Alice | Greg Champion | Can you fix it for someone to come out and give us a tow, 88k from Alice and the truck won't go | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | 46 Miles From Alice | Catherine Britt | Youtube | Now I'm 46 miles from Alice and I'm thousands of miles from my home |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Hindley Street | Powderfinger | Youtube | The Todd Street mall cafe is here to save the day |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Ghan To Alice | Trevor Adamson | ||
| ALICE SPRINGS | The Last Frontier | Redgum | Youtube | A stark and blistered Alice Springs and a river runs with shame |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Little Sisters | Archie Roach | I came back to Alice Springs, harder journeys ahead | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Kosciuszko | Midnight Oil | Youtube | Older than Kosciuszko, Darwin down to Alice Springs |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Show Me A Better Way | John Williamson | From the Isa to Alice to Darwin to Kakadu | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Such A Beautiful Thing | Ian Moss | Youtube | I went out walking through the city centre, thinking back to Alice Springs |
| ALICE SPRINGS | This Train I'm On | Greg Champion | Just take me north to Alice or across the Nullarbor | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Up Close Personal Attention | Gina Jeffreys | From Brisbane to the Alice, the show must go on | |
| ALICE SPRINGS | Warakurna | Midnight Oil | Youtube | There is enough for everyone, in Redfern as there is in Alice |
| ALICE SPRINGS | When The Snow Falls On The Alice | Lee Kernaghan | When the snow falls on the Alice and it floods at Tilberoo | |
| ARNHEM LAND | Arnhem Land Lullaby | Ted Egan | Possums are out working, frogs are croaking too | |
| BORROLOOLA | The Combo's Anthem | Traditional | So hail Borroloola, the old VRD, the nash and the hill for a cracker old spree. Traditional bush ballad, dating back to the 1930's | |
| CURTIN SPRINGS | Curtin Springs | Trevor Adamson | ||
| GURINDJI | From Little Things Big Things Grow | Kev Carmody Paul Kelly | Youtube | Gurindji were working for nothing but rations, where once they had gathered the wealth of the land |
| HERMANNSBURG | Keeper Of The Stones | John Williamson | Youtube | And I am proud to know you, the keeper of the stones. Written with regard to the Aboriginal tribe around the Hermannsburg area |
| HUMPTY-DOO | Humpty-Doo Waltz | Slim Dusty | ||
| HUMPTY-DOO | The Man From Humpty-Doo | Ted Egan | Youtube | Take a gander at the gaggle of geese at the man from Humpty-Doo |
| KAKADU | Amazing Day | John Williamson | Gonna see Kakadu, gonna take my woman | |
| KAKADU | Kakadu Man | Norma O'Hara Murphy | ||
| KAKADU | Next Thing I Do, I'll Go To Kakadu | Greg Champion | ||
| KAKADU | Show Me A Better Way | John Williamson | From the Isa to Alice to Darwin to Kakadu | |
| KATHERINE | Amazing Day | John Williamson | Gonna say g'day to Katherine, and Mary Kathleen | |
| KATHERINE | This Big Old Car | Cold Chisel | Youtube | Take us back across to Katherine to the Fitzroy River sands |
| KINTORE | Beds Are Burning | Midnight Oil | Youtube | Four wheels scare the cockatoos, from Kintore East to Yuendumu |
| KULGERA | Lear Jets Over Kulgera | Redgum | And there's Lear Jets over Kulgera where the Dust dances inthe heat | |
| MACDONNELL RANGES | Keep The Kettle Boiling | Greg Champion | Out along the West MacDonnell's where the wedgetail takes to flight | |
| MALLAPUNYAH SPRINGS | Station Cook | John Williamson | It's the last of the outback stations owned by a family. John states in his book True Blue that this song refers to Mallapunyah Springs | |
| MALLAPUNYAH SPRINGS | Why They Call Him Sundown | John Williamson | I was offered a ride wih Sundown to Mallapunyah Springs | |
| MATARANKA | Aussie Balladeer | John Williamson | Take it easy, it's not so hot if you think of Mataranka | |
| MATARANKA | Mataranka Town | Jody Hocking | There's a magic in the air in this Mataranka town | |
| NORTHERN TERRITORY | Back In The Territory | Sara Storer | Youtube | |
| NORTHERN TERRITORY | Drinkers Of The Territory | Ted Egan | We've got some bloody good drinkers in the Northern Territory | |
| NORTHERN TERRITORY | The Northern Territory | Alamo Race Track | Youtube | |
| NORTHERN TERRITORY | Territory Ringer | Slim Dusty | Im a dinki di ringer from the northern territory | |
| RENNER SPRINGS | Renner Springs | John Williamson | Snorin' truckies, windmill sings lonely sounds of Renner Springs | |
| ROPER RIVER | When The Snow Falls On The Alice | Lee Kernaghan | When the Roper freezes over, that's when I'll stop loving you | |
| ROPER RIVER | Where The Roper Flows | Pete Smith | ||
| TENNANT CREEK | Get On Down The Road | Adam Brand | Youtube | My mind was made and my bags were packed and that GPS was set for Tennant Creek |
| TENNANT CREEK | Scrubbashin' | Lee Kernaghan | From Tennant Creek to Longreach, it's not a real exclusive club | |
| TENNANT CREEK | Tennant Creek | Toe Sucking Cowgirls | Myspace | I can see the lights of Tennant Creek from about five miles out of town |
| TIMBER CREEK | Boys In Boots | Tania Kernaghan | Youtube | He's from west of Timber Creek |
| ULURU (AYERS ROCK) | Australiana | Austen Tayshus | Youtube | Pretty soon Ayers Rocks in and things really started jumpin' |
| ULURU (AYERS ROCK) | Big Red Kangaroo | John Williamson | Maybe long-time old blackfella, maybe long-time Uluru | |
| ULURU (AYERS ROCK) | Caught In The Act | Redgum | Don't climb the rock, there'll be so many Americans swarming around it | |
| ULURU (AYERS ROCK) | Have You Been To The Rock? | Ted Egan | Spinifex plains and the kangaroo at the rock names Uluru | |
| ULURU (AYERS ROCK) | My Oath To Australia | John Williamson | Hoist up the kangaroo, red ochre, Uluru | |
| ULURU (AYERS ROCK) | Raining On The Rock | John Williamson | Youtube | Or the grandeur of the rock, Uluru has power |
| ULURU (AYERS ROCK) | This Is Australia Calling | John Williamson | Youtube | The message came from Uluru, her spirits ill at ease |
| ULURU (AYERS ROCK) | Uluru | Daddy Cool | ||
| ULURU (AYERS ROCK) | Uluru | Smoky Dawson | Uluru, Uluru, oh rock mountain of the west | |
| URAPUNGA | The Urapunga Frog | Ted Egan | All the kids are frightened of the Urapunga frog | |
| WATTIE CREEK | From Little Things Big Things Grow | Paul Kelly | Youtube | They picked up their swags and started off walking, at Wattie Creek they sat themselves down |
| YUENDUMU | Beds Are Burning | Midnight Oil | Youtube | Four wheels scare the cockatoos, from Kintore East to Yuendumu |
