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Three US Marines are killed and 20 others are injured when their MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor crashes on Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia.
2023-08-27

The Northern Territory lockdown extends to the town of Alice Springs as cases of COVID-19 spread from the Darwin cluster.
2021-06-30

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports a magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes the southern part of the Northern Territory in central Australia. No damage or injuries are reported.
2016-05-20

A welcome home parade in Darwin marks the official end of Australia's active involvement in the Afghanistan War.
2014-03-1

Floods caused by Tropical Cyclone Grant cause the derailment of a train near the town of Katherine in Australia's Northern Territory.
2011-12-27

The President of the United States Barack Obama arrives in Australia for a visit to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the ANZUS treaty; the United States and Australia announce an agreement to expand military cooperation between them, including the stationing of up to 2,500 U.S. Marines near Darwin.
2011-11-16

Australian police are condemned for their failure to treat the 2007 death of an Aboriginal boy found weighted with rocks in a waterhole as anything other than an accident in Borroloola, Northern Territory.
2011-04-9

The Northern Territory Emergency Service in the north of Australia warns residents in low-lying coastal areas including in the capital Darwin ahead of Tropical Cyclone Carlos.
2011-02-16

A piece of stone axe found at the Gabarnmung rock art gallery on the lands of the Jawoyn people in Australia's Northern Territory is dated at 35,500 years old making the oldest of its type in the world.
2010-11-4

Indonesian detainees riot and light a fire at the Northern Immigration Detention Centre in Darwin, Australia.
2010-08-29