Katherine Daly Rivers Register

Gregory's Tree - A Boab (Adansonia gregorii), listed as tree #3 in the Katherine-Daly River register. Image courtesy of Wikimedia commons.

Explore the Katherine-Daly Rivers Region of the NT Register of Significant Trees. This is a region rich in Banyans, Boabs and historical blazes! There are currently 40 trees listed on the NT Significant Tree Register Katherine Daly Rivers, with a range from Mt Leisler the south-west, to Nhulunbuy, and a sizeable cluster around Timber Creek and Katherine.

You can download PDF fact sheets on the registered trees and take a ‘virtual’ tour of the register via an interactive Google Map (NT Register of Significant Trees).

Fact Sheets

Found a tree on the map that interests you? Click on the associated register number below to download a PDF fact sheet of the significant tree.

Register No. Botanical Name Common Name Location Categories of Significance
1 Adansonia gregorii Boab 2 km west of Timber Creek NT Size, Historical
2 Adansonia gregorii Boab Kidman Springs Research Station, Kidman Springs NT Age, Historical, Rare
3 Adansonia gregorii Boab Reserve 1103 Crown Lands (17 km West of Timber Creek), Timber Creek NT Aesthetic, Historical
4 Adansonia gregorii Boab Fitzroy Station, Gregory NT Aesthetic, Historical
5 Ficus virens Banyan Nabalco Bauxite Treatment Plant, Dundas Point, Nulunbuy NT Aesthetic, Historical, Unique Location
6 Adansonia gregorii Boab Dunmarra Wayside Inn, Stuart Highway, Dunmarra NT Cultural, Unique Location
7 Corymbia opaca Bloodwood Kintore – WA Border Road, Mount Leisler NT Historical
8 Adansonia gregorii Boab Jasper Gorge (Buchanan Hwy to Top Springs), Victoria River NT Aesthetic, Historical
9 Adansonia gregorii Boab Bradsaw Station, Timber Creek NT Historical
10 Acacia estrophiolata Ironwood Daly Waters NT Historical
11 Adansonia gregorii Boab Fitzroy Station, Gregory NT Historical
12 Tamarindus indica Tamarind Seven Emu Station, via Borroloola NT Aesthetic, Size, Unique Location
13 Ficus virens Banyan Catalina Boat Ramp, Drimmie Head, Nulunbuy NT Aesthetic, Historical
14 Ficus virens Banyan Wallaby Beach, Melville Bay Road, Nulunbuy NT Aesthetic
15 Hibiscus tiliaceus, Samanea saman Beach hibiscus, Raintree Clyde Fenton Pre-School, Rapide Street, Katherine NT Unique Location, Group, Habitat
16 Mangifera indica Mango Railway House, Pine Creek NT Unique Location, Group
17 Mangifera indica Mango Red Cross Home, 25 Riverbank Drive, Katherine NT Historical, Unique Location, Gorup
18 Samanea saman Raintree Springvale Homestead, Katherine NT Aesthetic, Size, Cultural, Group
19 Adansonia gregorii Boab Springvale Homestead, Katherine NT Aesthetic, Cultural, Unique Location
20 Eucalyptus bigalerita Northern Salmon Gum Lot 2941 O’Shea Crescent, Katherine NT Aesthetic, Unique Location
21 Tamarindus indica Tamarind Road Reserve, First Street, Katherine NT Unique Location, Group
22 Eucalyptus bigalerita Northern Salmon Gum Corner of Victoria Highway and Bicentennial Road, Katherine NT Aesthetic, Unique Location
23 Tamarindus indica Tamarind 14 (Lot 26) First Street, Katherine NT Size, Unique Location, Group, Habitat
24 Albizia lebbeck Chattering Tree 14 (Lot 66) Second Street, Katherine NT Aesthetic, Unique Location
25 Eucalyptus camaldulensis River Red Gum Lot 495 Roadside Reserve, Corner of Victoria Highway & Zimmin Drive, Katherine NT Unique Location, Group
26 Various Species Melaleuca, Ficus, Pandanus Mallapunyah Springs, Mallapunyah Station, via Boroloola, Tablelands NT Aesthetic, Unique Location
27 Adansonia gregorii Boab Roadside Rest, Big Horse Creek NT Aesthetic, Size, Habitat
28 Adansonia gregorii Boab Big Horse Creek NT Aesthetic, Size, Habitat
29 Adansonia gregorii Boab Miners Park, Main Terrace, Pine Creek NT Historical
30 Erythrophloem chlorostachys Iron Bark Mary River Station NT Size, Historical
31 Eucalyptus bigalerita Northern Salmon Gum Catholic Church, 11 Second Street, Katherine NT Aesthetic, Unique Location
32 Tamarindus indica, Albizia lebbeck, Delonix Tamarind, Chattering Tree, Poinciana Katherine Police Station, Corner of First Street and Giles Street, Katherine NT Aesthetic, Unique Location
33 Ficus virens Banyan South Alligator Motor Inn, Arnhem Hwy, Kakadu NT Aesthetic, Unique Location
34 Ficus benjamina Weeping Fig Tree Warruwi Community Council Office, Goulburn Island NT Aesthetic, Size, Age, Unique Location
35 Eucalyptus tectifica Darwin Box Pine Creek Museum, Railway Tce, Pine Creek NT Age
36 Tamarindus indica Tamarind Katherine Railway Station, Katherine NT Historical, Cultural
37 Hildegardia australiensis Hildegardia Pul Pul, Kakadu Stage 3 NT Rare
38 Adansonia gregorii Boab On the banks of Retribution Creek, Auvergne Station NT Size, Age, Historical, Cultural
39 Cycas calcicola Cycad NT Portion 4703, Kintore Caves (10 km north of Katherine), Stuart Hwy, Cossack NT Unique Location, Group
40 Samanea saman Raintree Katherine Hotel/Motel, Giles Street, Katherine NT Asethetic, Size, Age

The NT Register of Significant Trees is managed by Land for Wildlife Central Australia, on behalf of the National Trust NT.

The register was initiated by the National Trust NT, with input from Greening Australia NT, and coordination by Land for Wildlife Central Australia since 2011.