Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia

Research de-risking northern development

Research, development, extension activity across northern Australia

Looking up at palm trees in Far North Queensland

CRC for Northern Australia positions legacy to endure…

Entering the ninth year of its ten-year program, the CRC for Northern…
Female health researchers at a conference

“Getting real” in remote health research

What do sharing power, building trust, improving health outcomes, and empowering communities…
CRCNA Annual Report cover with palm trees, health collaboration, woman holding virtual fencing collar, First Nations people in a boat, Scientist looking a water in a glass jar beside a river

CRCNA Annual Report 2024-25

The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) has released its…
Local pulses match soybean meal in Bos indicus weight gain research

Local pulses match soybean meal in Bos indicus…

By Zac Braxton-Smith Queensland Country Life The research involved feeding 30 Droughtmaster steers…

Where we work

Northern Australia

The CRCNA works across northern Australia which includes all of the Northern Territory and those parts of Queensland and Western Australia that intersect with or are above the Tropic of Capricorn.

Map of Northern Australia

The CRCNA is funded as part of the Australian Government’s Cooperative Research Centre Program and is supported by the northern Australian jurisdictional governments. 

Acknowledgement to Country

The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia recognises the continuing connection to sea and country of Australia’s First Nations People. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land and water on which our staff and researchers live and work, and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.