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Katherine Low Level View in June 1962. The first European to see and name the river was the Scottish explorer John McDouall Stuart on 4 July 1862, who named it Katherine after Catherine Chambers, the second daughter of expedition sponsor, the pastoralist James Chambers. [1] The major town Katherine was named after the river.
The Katherine Region, known as "Big River Country", is one of five major regions in the Northern Territory, Australia.It is situated just below the tropical Top End.The Katherine region covers an area of 336,674 km 2 (129,991 sq mi), and has a population of 18,646, making it the third-most populous region in the Northern Territory.
Nitmiluk National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 244 km southeast of Darwin, and 23 km northeast of the town of Katherine, around a series of gorges on the Katherine River and Edith Falls. Previously named Katherine Gorge National Park, its northern edge borders Kakadu National Park.
Katherine is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is situated on the Katherine River, after which it is named, 320 kilometres (200 mi) southeast of Darwin.The fourth largest settlement in the Territory, it is known as the place where "The outback meets the tropics".
River name Length Source km miles Australian Capital Territory: Murrumbidgee River 59 37 [2] New South Wales: Murray River: 1,808 1,123 Northern Territory: Victoria River: 510 317 Queensland: Flinders River: 1,004 624 South Australia: Murray River: 700 435 Tasmania: South Esk River: 245 152 Victoria: Goulburn River: 654 406 Western Australia ...
In 2008, the Katherine Town Council submitted to Infrastructure Australia documents outlining the approximate costing and importance of relocating the town's hospital and ambulance station to a less flood-prone area following the total evacuation and inundation of both facilities during the 1998 and 2006 flood events.
The Daly River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is part of the Daly Catchment. The Daly River flows 354 kilometres (220 mi) from the confluence of the Flora River and Katherine River to its mouth on the Timor Sea. [5] It is one the few major rivers in the Northern Territory that flows all year round.
Katherine South is a suburb in the town of Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia.It is within the Katherine Town Council local government area.The area was officially defined as a suburb in April 2007, adopting the commonly used local name for the residential areas south of the Stuart Highway along the Katherine River.