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Binjari

Community profile

Binjari is a small community in the Top End about 15 minutes from Katherine down the Victoria Highway.

For more information, see Binjari Community Aboriginal Corporation.

Binjari is a small community in the Top End about 15 minutes from Katherine down the Victoria Highway.

For more information, see Binjari Community Aboriginal Corporation.

Population

240

96.6% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ABS 2021 Census)

Stories from Binjari

Elderly Aboriginal man with white hair and beard and dressed in pale blue shirt is holding a pot of flowers. In the background are two women dressed in black and a line of tall leafy trees.

Mr Ronnie Booth Snr: Founder and ‘Father’ of Binjari

11 September 2017

‘Gentle giant’ Mr Ronnie Booth Snr will be remembered for his love and service to the people of Binjari, the community in the Northern Territory he worked so hard to establish and support over many years.
Two rows of nine Indigenous persons dressed in orange shirts (one in blue) stand and kneel in front of a yellow building with a sign on the wall which says, Binjari Community Administration Centre.

Rebuilding lives and the community of Binjari

17 August 2017

When the Binjari Community Aboriginal Corporation introduced a building and training program to the small Northern Territory community in 2015, the effect was profound. Two years later, the town once called ‘the worst address in Australia’ is blossoming.