Development opportunities

The 'Georgina Basin Groundwater Assessment: Daly Waters to Tennant Creek report' is a technical report. It describes the hydrogeological characteristics of the Gum Ridge and Anthony Lagoon formations within the Georgina Basin. The report estimates water availability, bore yield and groundwater quality.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the Georgina Basin survey location on NR Maps.

For further information contact rangelands@nt.gov.au

The following report and maps document the soil and land factors likely to impact irrigated agricultural development and highlight the crops most suited to the study area.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• Download the interactive map(pdf) and open it with Adobe Reader.
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.

The 'Daly Basin Groundwater resource Assessment: North Mataranka to Daly Waters report' is a technical report assessing the Tindall Limestone aquifer underlying the region.

The report estimates groundwater availability, quality and bore yield and describes the likely impact of further extraction from the aquifer.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the map (pdf).
• View the Daly Basin Aquifers survey location on NR Maps.

For further information contact rangelands@nt.gov.au

The following report and maps document the soil and land factors likely to impact irrigated agricultural development and highlight the crops most suited to the study area.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the maps (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.

The 'Georgina Basin Groundwater Assessment: Daly Waters to Tennant Creek report' is a technical report. It describes the hydrogeological characteristics of the Gum Ridge and Anthony Lagoon formations within the Georgina Basin.

The report estimates water availability, bore yield and groundwater quality.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the Georgina Basin survey location on NR Maps.

For further information contact rangelands@nt.gov.au

With all weather road access, close proximity to transport hubs, workforce and planned provision for utilities and trunk services, the Gunn Point peninsula offers considerable opportunity for strategic industry, primary production, rural and residential development.

Key development potential facts

• 33,000ha has high to moderate potential for general development, nearly 20,000 ha of this land has access to a productive aquifer.
• Approximately 37,000 ha is not recommended for development due to physical or environmental land use constraints.
• Sufficient groundwater is available to sustainably support a modest horticultural precinct, potentially increasing the land currently under irrigated agriculture in the Litchfield municipality by 10% to 15%.
• In 2015 a NT Farmers Economics Profile estimated the Litchfield horticultural industry contributed $122 million annually to the local economy.

Information products

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the summary map.
• Download the interactive map (pdf) and open it with Adobe Reader.
• View the survey location on NR Maps
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the development potential metadata.
• View the groundwater development potential metadata.

Informed by this project, the Northern Territory Planning Commission is reviewing strategic plans for the Gunn Point Peninsula and encourage the community to get involved and have their say. Find out more about the project at planningcommission.nt.gov.au

Information related to recreation, conservation, boating and fishing on Gunn Point land held by Northern Territory Land Corporation can be viewed at www.gunnpoint.com.au

Watch the development potential video for Gunn Point

2020 soil and land investigation

The following report and maps document the soil and land factors likely to impact irrigated agricultural development and highlight the crops most suited to the Gunn Point peninsula.

Note this work encompasses and expands upon the 2017 investigation area.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the map (pdf).
• Download the interactive map (pdf) and open it with Adobe Reader.
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.

2017 soil and land investigation

The following report and maps document the soil and land factors likely to impact irrigated agricultural development and highlight the crops most suited to portions of land totalling 7,619ha within the Gunn Point peninsula.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• Download the interactive map (pdf) and open it with Adobe Reader.
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.
• View the survey location on NR Maps.

The following report and map provide technical details of the Groundwater Resources of the Gunn Point area. The report estimates groundwater availability, quality and bore yield within the study area.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the map (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.

The following report documents the vegetation associated with the study area.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.

The following report is a desktop assessment of the marine and coastal biodiversity of the Gunn Point area. It identifies the current state of knowledge from a range of sources and the knowledge gaps that would need to be addressed to inform and assess any coastal development within the study area.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.

The following report and map document the results of fauna and flora surveys within the study area, including occurrence and distribution of threatened species, significant habitat and biodiversity risk classes.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the map (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.

For further information contact:

Simon Cruickshank
Phone: 08 8999 3676
Email: simon.cruickshank@nt.gov.au

• Read the Katherine Tindall Limestone Aquifer Water Allocation Plan 2024-2026.
• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• Download the Daly Basin Aquifers map.
• Download the spatial data package.
• Read more the metadata, go to the NTLIS website.
• Find out about Tindall Aquifer survey location, go to the NR Maps website.

For further information contact:

Simon Cruickshank
Phone: 08 8999 3676
Email: simon.cruickshank@nt.gov.au

The following report and maps document the soil and land factors likely to impact irrigated agricultural development and highlight the crops most suited to the study area.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the maps (pdf).
• View the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.
• View the survey location on NR Maps.

The 'Georgina Basin Groundwater Assessment: Daly Waters to Tennant Creek report' is a technical report. It describes the hydrogeological characteristics of the Gum Ridge and Anthony Lagoon formations within the Georgina Basin.

The report estimates water availability, bore yield and groundwater quality.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the Georgina Basin survey location on NR Maps.

For further information contact rangelands@nt.gov.au

The following report and maps document the soil and land factors likely to impact irrigated agricultural development and highlight the crops most suited to the study area.

Larrimah area

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the maps (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.
• View the survey location on NR Maps.

Larrimah township

• Read the soil and land suitability assessment report on the Territory Stories website.
• Download the interactive map (pdf) and open it with Adobe Reader.
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.
• View the survey location on NR Maps.

The 'Daly Basin Groundwater resource Assessment: North Mataranka to Daly Waters report' is a technical report assessing the Tindall Limestone aquifer underlying the region.

The report estimates groundwater availability, quality and bore yield and describes the likely impact of further extraction from the aquifer.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the map (pdf).
• View the Daly Basin Aquifers survey location on NR Maps.

For further information contact:

Simon Cruickshank
Phone: 08 8999 3676
Email: simon.cruickshank@nt.gov.au

Soil and Land Assessment of the Southern Part of Flying Fox Station for Irrigated Agriculture

Part A: Land Resources and General Land Capability (2021)

The following report and information products document the soils and land capability assessment over the study area.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the maps (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata record
• View the survey location on NR Maps.

Soil and Land Assessment of the Southern Part of Flying Fox Station for Irrigated Agriculture

Part B: Digital Soil Mapping and Crop Specific Land Suitability (2021)

The following report and information products document the soils and land suitability for specific crops over the study area.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• Download the interactive map (pdf) and open it with Adobe Reader.
• Download the spatial data package .
• View the metadata record
• View the survey location on NR Maps.

Soils of the Upper Roper Plains – Moroak Station (1976)

A soil survey assessed the suitability of the alluvial plains on Moroak Station for irrigation.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the map (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.
• View the survey location on NR Maps.

Vegetation Communities of the Southern Part of Flying Fox Station (2018)

The following report documents the vegetation associated with the study area in southern Flying Fox Station.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.
• View the survey location on NR Maps.

For further information contact rangelands@nt.gov.au

The following reports and maps document the soil and land, water and biodiversity assets of the study area highlighting the irrigation development potential and crops most suited to the study area.

• Read the reports on the Territory Stories website.
• View the map (pdf).
• View the survey location on NR Maps.

The following reports and maps document the soil and land assets of the study area.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the map (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.
• View the survey location on NR Maps.

• View the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.

For further information contact:

Simon Cruickshank
Phone: 08 8999 3676
Email: simon.cruickshank@nt.gov.au

The following report and maps document the soil and land factors likely to impact irrigated agricultural development and highlight the crops most suited to the study area.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the maps (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.
• View the survey location on NR Maps.

The 'Orange Creek Groundwater Assessment report' is a technical report assessing the Cambrian Carbonate aquifer underlying the region.

The report provides a preliminary estimate of groundwater storage, details of current use and an indication of the maximum permissible total annual extraction rate.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the map (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.
• View information on existing water licences in the area via the water licensing portal.

For further information contact rangelands@nt.gov.au

The following report and maps document the soil and land factors like to impact irrigated agricultural development and highlight the crops must suited to the study area.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the maps (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.

For further information contact rangelands@nt.gov.au

The following report and maps document the soil and land factors likely to impact irrigated agricultural development and highlight the crops most suited to the study area.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the maps (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.
• View the survey location on NR Maps.

Read more information related to water allocation in the Ti Tree Water Allocation Plan area:

• Read the Ti Tree Water Allocation Plan.
• View information on existing water licences in the area on the water licensing portal.
• View the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the map (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.
• View the survey location on NR Maps.

For further information contact rangelands@nt.gov.au

This summary provides an integrated overview of the land capability, water availability and biodiversity assets of the Nangu study area. The report summarises outcomes from three technical reports and a suite of maps which detail the water resources, biodiversity, and soil, land and vegetation communities of the study area.

View the survey location on NR Maps.

Key development potential facts

• 4,638 ha is predominantly deep, well-drained, sandy surfaced red earths on gentle plains and slopes with good potential for rain-fed or surface water based agricultural development.
• 2,240 ha classified as having good potential for groundwater based development and a further 2,970 ha identified as having moderate potential.
• 743 ha contained significant or high value biodiversity values that should be protected from development or soils that are unsuitable for agriculture as they are shallow, very gravelly, subject to flooding, poorly drained or too steep.
• Local aquifers have a sustainable groundwater yield of approximately 2000 ML per annum with water quality of a standard suitable for human consumption and irrigation purposes. This groundwater yield is sufficient to support approximately 400 ha of irrigated agriculture.

Information products

• Read the report (pdf) on the Territory Stories website.
• View the summary map (pdf).
• Download the interactive map - biophysical classes (pdf). This file should be opened with Adobe Reader.
• Download the spatial data package (contains data, metadata, reports and maps).
• View the development potential metadata record.
• View the groundwater development potential metadata record.

The soil and land capability survey was undertaken in 2017. The report and maps document the soil and land factors likely to impact irrigated agricultural development and highlight the crops most suited to land within the Nangu study area.

• Read the report (pdf) on the Territory Stories website.
• View the land resources map (pdf).
• Download the interactive map - land resources, capability and crop suitability (pdf). This file should be opened with Adobe Reader.
• Download the spatial data package (contains data, metadata, reports and maps).
• View the metadata record.

The following report and map provide technical details of the Groundwater Resources of the Wadeye Region. The report estimates groundwater quality and bore yield within the study area.

• Read the report (pdf) on the Territory Stories website.
• View the water resources map (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package (contains data, metadata, reports and maps).
• View the metadata record.

The following report and map document the results of fauna and flora surveys within the Wadeye area, including occurrence and distribution of threatened species, significant habitat and biodiversity risk classes.

• Read the report (pdf) on the Territory Stories website.
• View the biodiversity and vegetation map (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package (contains data, metadata, reports and maps).
• View the metadata record.

For further information contact:

Simon Cruickshank
Phone: 08 8999 3676
Email: simon.cruickshank@nt.gov.au

The following report and maps document the soil and land factors likely to impact irrigated agricultural development and highlight the crops most suited to the study area.

• Read the report on the Territory Stories website.
• View the maps (pdf).
• Download the spatial data package.
• View the metadata.
• View the survey location on NR Maps.

A water resource assessment provides understanding of the area's hydrogeology, including the extent and properties of the aquifers, regional groundwater flow patterns, baseflow characteristics and identification of groundwater dependent ecosystems.

Read the report on the Territory Stories website.

For further information contact rangelands@nt.gov.au