The Northern Territory Archives Service (NTAS) is responsible for the preservation and management of Territory records, both government and non-government. The collection includes diaries, manuscripts, photographic prints and slides, scrapbooks, maps, letters, personal papers. reports, minutes of meetings, correspondence, policy files, publicity material, journals, legal documents, plans, posters and oral history recordings and transcripts.
The Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport has been created in recognition of the important link between the Territory's greatest assets - intact natural environment and authentic cultural traditions.
The George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens was established 130 years ago to introduce and evaluate plants for food and flavour to a small developing community and has since become important in the recreational and scientific life of the city. There are several walking tracks, a plant display house and several areas for functions, such as weddings, throughout the Gardens.
The Department of Natural Resources Environment and the Arts is responsible for managing the Territory's unique cultural and natural heritage. It ensures that the Northern Territory Heritage Conservation Act 1991 is administered effectively. It provides a system for the identification, assessment, recording, conservation and protection of heritage places and objects.
Aboriginal people have occupied the lands of the Northern Territory for upward of 60,000 years and have left many traces of their culture and occupation across the landscape. The Territory contains a rich and diverse range of Aboriginal cultural heritage places, many of which are highly significant to contemporary Aboriginal culture.
Kakadu is a jointly managed national park. The traditional owners are proud to share their country with visitors. Kakadu has been listed on the World Heritage List for both its natural and cultural value.
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory's (MAGNT) Maritime Gallery houses the largest museum collection of Southeast Asian historic boats and ethnographic watercraft in Australia. The Gallery has a permanent display of 21 boats and canoes.
Approximately 100 years before European settlement (1788), the northern shores of Australia were visited by Monsoon traders from the eastern part of (modern day) Indonesia. Marine products such as trepang (a holothurian), turtle-shell (from the hawks-bill), pearls and timber were collected.
Department of Natural Resources Environment and The Arts (NRETA) has the following grants programs: Regional Museums Grant Support Program, Arts Grants Program, NT Film Grants Program, Heritage Grants, Natural Heritage Trust and Environment Grants.
The Northern Territory Heritage Register lists all the places and objects that the Minister has declared under the Heritage Conservation Act 1991. It also includes details of interim conservation orders, conservation management plans and heritage agreements.
Northern Territory Library's online exhibitions seek to showcase our collection and engage audiences with a rich variety of topics including WWII, Bombing of Darwin and Cyclone Tracy.
This online exhibition focuses on 19 February 1942, when mainland Australia came under attack for the first time. Japanese forces mounted two air raids on Darwin that day, killing about 235 people and wounding 300 - 400 people. The Northern Territory Library has tried to put a face to the names and to tell their story.
Find information on Managing Northern Territory Shipwrecks, Shipwrecks and the law, The Northern Territory Shipwreck Database, Historical Shipwreck Profiles and Diving around NT Shipwrecks.
The Strehlow Research Centre cares for, and facilitates culturally appropriate access to, the Strehlow Collection of central Australian ethnographic objects and archival materials. It provides a repository for the wealth of material gathered by TGH Strehlow during his lifetime of study of the Aboriginal people of Central Australia. It consists collections of Australian Aboriginal artefacts, songs, genealogies, photographs and film and sound recordings ever amassed.
The World War II Shipwrecks are a direct result of the first Japanese air raid on Australia, which occurred in Darwin on 19 February 1942. The wrecks are memorials to those who lost their lives in the first bombing raid on Australia and for those who defended Darwin. Thirty two years later Darwin was again attacked. On Christmas Day 1974 Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and caused major havoc.