| Northern territory travel guide via IRTOURING | | | | The capital city is Darwin. The population is not |
| To the north, the territory is bordered by the | | | | concentrated in coastal regions but rather along |
| Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of | | | | the Stuart Highway. The other major settlements |
| Carpentaria. Despite its large area—over | | | | are Katherine, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and |
| 1,349,129 square kilometres (520,902 sq mi), | | | | Nhulunbuy in the territory's north-east. |
| making it the third largest Australian federal | | | | Residents of the Northern Territory are often |
| division—it is sparsely populated. With a | | | | known simply as 'Territorians'. |
| population of 227,025[2] it is the second least | | | | Radio Stations of Nortern Territory |
| populous division on the mainland, after Jervis Bay | | | | Darwin has radio stations on both AM and FM |
| Territory. | | | | frequencies. ABC stations include ABC NewsRadio |
| The history of the Northern Territory began over | | | | (102.5FM), 105.7 ABC Darwin (8DDD 105.7FM), |
| 40,000 years ago when Indigenous Australians | | | | ABC Radio National (657AM), ABC Classic FM |
| settled the region. Makassan traders began trading | | | | (107.3FM) and Triple J (103.3FM). The 2 commercial |
| with the indigenous people of the Northern | | | | stations are: Mix 104.9 (8MIX), Hot 100 (8HOT) |
| Territory for trepang from at least the 18th | | | | The leading community stations are 104.1 |
| century onwards, and very likely for 300 years | | | | Territory FM and Radio Larrakia (8KNB). |
| prior to that. | | | | The radio stations in Alice Springs are also |
| The coast of the territory was first seen by | | | | broadcast on the AM and FM frequencies. ABC |
| Europeans in the 17th century. The British were | | | | stations include Triple J (94.9FM), ABC Classic FM |
| the first Europeans to attempt to settle the | | | | (97.9FM), 783 ABC Alice Springs (783AM) and |
| coastal regions in the 19th century; however no | | | | ABC Radio National (99.7FM). There are two |
| attempt was successful until the establishment of | | | | community stations in the town--CAAMA |
| a settlement at Port Darwin in 1869. Today the | | | | (100.5FM) and 8CCC (102.1FM). The commercial |
| economy is based on tourism, especially Kakadu | | | | stations, which are both owned by the same |
| National Park in the Top End and the Uluru-Kata | | | | company are Sun 96.9 (96.9FM) and 8HA |
| Tjuta National Park (Ayers Rock) in central | | | | (900AM). Two additional stations, Territory FM |
| Australia, and mining. | | | | (98.7FM) and Radio TAB (95. |