Northern Territory

Songs about the Northern Territory

This page lists a number of Northern Territory towns & locations, along with songs they have been mentioned in.
Population: 249,345. Capital city: Darwin. Other notable locations: Alice Springs, Kakadu, Uluru

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SONG	ARTIST	LISTEN	SAMPLE LYRICS / ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
songs about DARWIN
A Brief History	Waifs		Wyndham, Kunnunrra, Darwin we stayed for a while
Amazing Day	John Williamson		I’ll see ya later mate, I’m heading up to Darwin
ASIO	Redgum		Darwin rendezvous, a B-52, trenchcoat slightly creased
Australiana	Austen Tayshus		I said to Lyptus “Wanna game of Eucalyptus?” He said “There’s no point mate, Darwins every time”
Carrington Cabaret	Redgum		All you people from Darwin to the south with your blue faded jeans and a joint in your mouth
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 (Big Heart Of The North)	Slim Dusty		You’re a jewel shining for us, you’re the big heart of the north
Darwin Is Beautiful	Paul Lawler		Oh Darwin is beautiful wherever you go
Darwin Jailhouse Window	Lee Kernaghan & Tex Morton		I see you in the bar from the jailhouse window drinkin’ with a fool like me
Darwin Jam	Carus & The True Believers
Darwin Love	Sara Storer		Darwin love you tonight
Darwin Song	Super Raelene Bros		Uranium wharf, the trucks are hummin’, must be cause I’m livin’ in Darwin
The Drover’s Ballad	Elton John		Oh his legend rode the winds from Broome to Darwin. From the soundtrack to the movie, Australia
Fannie Bay	Traditional Bushwackers		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
400 Miles From Darwin	Whitlams		400 miles from Darwin, East Timor is dying
Hockey Night In Darwin	Peter Haines
I’ve Been Everywhere	Lucky Starr		Darwin, Gin Gin, Deniliquin, Muckadilla
Kosciuszko	Midnight Oil		Older than Kosciuszko, Darwin down to Alice Springs
Marvellous	12th Man		From Darwin to the Dandenongs
Santa Never Made It To Darwin	Bill & Boyd Bucko & Champs		Santa never made it into Darwin, disaster struck at dawn on Christmas day
She’s On Again In Darwin	Ted Egan		She’s on again tonight in dear old Darwin town
Show Me A Better Way	John Williamson		From the Isa to Alice to Darwin to Kakadu
Song For Darwin	Ayers Rock		From Darwin to a new home, and you know we’re gonna come back
Tojo (Never Made It To Darwin)	Hoodoo Gurus		Tojo never made it, Tojo never made it to Darwin
Truganini	Midnight Oil		We’ll be staying at the Roma Bar, till that monsoon passes on. The Roma Bar is a popular cafe in Darwin
songs about ALICE SPRINGS
Alice Springs	Coloured Stone		I’m going back to Alice Springs, that’s the place that’s in my dreams
Alice Springs	Garth Stevenson		Instrumental from the soundtrack to Tracks
Alice Springs	John Williamson		Headin’ for the Alice with a dinkum show and crew
Alice Springs	Liz Phair		See the sun rise so loud, this whole town gets drowned out
Alice Springs	Peter Mumme		Instrumental ambient music
Alice Springs	Trevor Adamson		Instrumental
Alice Springs Again	Peter Brandy		And I’m waiting here in Alice Springs again
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 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 Rodeo	Wild Brumbys
Alice Springs Waltz	Herbie Laughton
Amazing Day	John Williamson		Last time through there I fell in love with Alice
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
Australiana	Austen Tayshus		Just then Alice Springs into action, starts to pack Billabong
Back In The Territory	Sara Storer		Captain tells me we’ll be touching down in Darwin soon
Back To Alice Springs	Buddy Williams
Caught In The Act	Redgum		Get on a plane, whip down to 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
46 Miles From Alice	Catherine Britt		Now I’m 46 miles from Alice and I’m thousands of miles from my home
Hindley Street	Powderfinger		The Todd Street mall cafe is here to save the day
Ghan To Alice	Trevor Adamson
The Ghan To Alice Springs	Buddy Williams		There will always be a welcome at my Alice Springs home
The Last Frontier	Redgum		A stark and blistered Alice Springs and a river runs with shame
Little Sisters	Archie Roach		I came back to Alice Springs, harder journeys ahead
Kosciuszko	Midnight Oil		Older than Kosciuszko, Darwin down to Alice Springs
My Island Home	Warumpi Band Christine Anu Paul Kelly		Now I’m out here west of Alice Springs with a wife and a family
Pmarra Knatcha (My Home in the Bush)	John Williamson & Warren H. Williams		Land west of Alice is the place you have to see, this is where my heart wants to be
Show Me A Better Way	John Williamson		From the Isa to Alice to Darwin to Kakadu
Such A Beautiful Thing	Ian Moss		I went out walking through the city centre, thinking back to Alice Springs
This Train I’m On	Greg Champion		Just take me north to Alice or across the Nullarbor
Up Close Personal Attention	Gina Jeffreys		From Brisbane to the Alice, the show must go on
Warakurna	Midnight Oil		There is enough for everyone, in Redfern as there is in Alice
When The Snow Falls On The Alice	Lee Kernaghan		When the snow falls on the Alice and it floods at Tilberoo
songs about ARNHEM LAND
Arnhem Land Lullaby	Ted Egan		Possums are out working, frogs are croaking too
Journey To Arnhemland	Jamiroquai
Song Of Arnhem Land	East Journey
songs about BICKERTON ISLAND
Milyakburra	Emily Wurramara	Bandcamp	Ngabiyedu kingarenama milykbaroowah (My heart is hurting, when am I gonna see Bickerton Island again?) Emily states on her Bandcamp page, “Milyakburra is called Bickerton Island in English. It’s the island next to Groote Eylandt.”
songs about 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
songs about CURTIN SPRINGS
Curtin Springs	Trevor Adamson
songs about ELCHO ISLAND
Elcho Island Boys	Saltwater Band
My Island Home	Warumpi Band Christine Anu Paul Kelly		And my island home, my island home, my island home is waiting for me. Written by Neil Murray with Elcho Island in mind, as it was the home of Warumpi Band singer, George Rrurrambu Burarrwanga
songs about GROOTE EYLANDT
Carry Me Home	Emily Wurramara	Bandcamp	My island home, she’s so pretty so blue, and all the trees are greener there too. Emily states on her Bandcamp page, “This song is about Groote Eylandt, I wrote this for my mum when I was 14…”
Ngarrikwujeyinama	Emily Wurramara	Bandcamp	Emily states on her Bandcamp page, “This song was written in response to the mining on Groote Eylandt, and in particular the battle fought by the community…”
songs about GURINDJI
From Little Things Big Things Grow	Kev Carmody Paul Kelly		Gurindji were working for nothing but rations, where once they had gathered the wealth of the land
songs about HERMANNSBURG
Keeper Of The Stones	John Williamson		And I am proud to know you, the keeper of the stones. Written with regard to the Aboriginal tribe around the Hermannsburg area
songs about HUMPTY-DOO
Humptydoo Hotel	Corey Colum		We’re hanging out with the hangers-on at the Humptydoo Hotel
Humpty-Doo Waltz	Slim Dusty
The Man From Humpty-Doo	Ted Egan		Take a gander at the gaggle of geese at the man from Humpty-Doo
songs about KAKADU
Amazing Day	John Williamson		Gonna see Kakadu, gonna take my woman
Kakadu Man	Norma O’Hara Murphy
Next Thing I Do, I’ll Go To Kakadu	Greg Champion		Next thing you do you’ll go to Kakadu, then he’s gonna ride his kangaroo
Show Me A Better Way	John Williamson		From the Isa to Alice to Darwin to Kakadu
songs about KATHERINE
Amazing Day	John Williamson		Gonna say g’day to Katherine, and Mary Kathleen
This Big Old Car	Cold Chisel		Take us back across to Katherine to the Fitzroy River sands
songs about KINTORE
Beds Are Burning	Midnight Oil		Four wheels scare the cockatoos, from Kintore East to Yuendumu
songs about KULGERA
Lear Jets Over Kulgera	Redgum		And there’s Lear Jets over Kulgera where the Dust dances inthe heat
songs about MACDONNELL RANGES
Keep The Kettle Boiling	Greg Champion		Out along the West MacDonnell’s where the wedgetail takes to flight
songs about 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
Why They Call Him Sundown	John Williamson		I was offered a ride wih Sundown to Mallapunyah Springs
songs about MATARANKA
Aussie Balladeer	John Williamson		Take it easy, it’s not so hot if you think of Mataranka
Mataranka Moon	Johnny Chester		Mataranka Moon, can you use your power, ask her to return from across the sea
Mataranka Town	Jody Hocking		There’s a magic in the air in this Mataranka town
songs about NORTHERN TERRITORY
Back In The Territory	Sara Storer		You can have your wicked way with me when I’m back in the Territory
Drinkers Of The Territory	Ted Egan		We’ve got some bloody good drinkers in the Northern Territory
The Northern Territory	Alamo Race Track
Territory Ringer	Slim Dusty		I’m a dinki di ringer from the Northern Territory
songs about RENNER SPRINGS
Renner Springs	John Williamson		Snorin’ truckies, windmill sings lonely sounds of Renner Springs
songs about ROPER RIVER
When The Snow Falls On The Alice	Lee Kernaghan		When the Roper freezes over, that’s when I’ll stop loving you
Where The Roper Flows Tonight	Johnny Chester
songs about TENNANT CREEK
Get On Down The Road	Adam Brand		My mind was made and my bags were packed and that GPS was set for Tennant Creek
Scrubbashin’	Lee Kernaghan		From Tennant Creek to Longreach, it’s not a real exclusive club
Tennant Creek	Toe Sucking Cowgirls		I can see the lights of Tennant Creek from about five miles out of town
songs about TIMBER CREEK
Boys In Boots	Tania Kernaghan		He’s from west of Timber Creek
songs about ULURU (AYERS ROCK)
Australiana	Austen Tayshus		Pretty soon Ayers Rocks in and things really started jumpin’
Big Red Kangaroo	John Williamson		Maybe long-time old blackfella, maybe long-time Uluru
Caught In The Act	Redgum		Don’t climb the rock, there’ll be so many Americans swarming around it
Have You Been To The Rock?	Ted Egan		Spinifex plains and the kangaroo at the rock names Uluru
My Oath To Australia	John Williamson		Hoist up the kangaroo, red ochre, Uluru
Raining On The Rock	John Williamson		Or the grandeur of the rock, Uluru has power
There’s A Rainbow Over The Rock	Slim Dusty		There’s a rainbow over the rock and the sun has started shining
This Is Australia Calling	John Williamson		The message came from Uluru, her spirits ill at ease
Uluru	Daddy Cool
Uluru	Smoky Dawson		Uluru, Uluru, oh rock mountain of the west
Uluru Express	Gerry Joe Weise
songs about URAPUNGA
The Urapunga Frog	Ted Egan		All the kids are frightened of the Urapunga frog
songs about WATTIE CREEK
From Little Things Big Things Grow	Kev Carmody Paul Kelly		They picked up their swags and started off walking, at Wattie Creek they sat themselves down
songs about YUENDUMU
Beds Are Burning	Midnight Oil		Four wheels scare the cockatoos, from Kintore East to Yuendumu

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