Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia

Research de-risking northern development

Research, development, extension activity across northern Australia

cow with a virtual fencing collar

Virtual fencing shows promise for mustering at Kidman…

A virtual fencing trial at Victoria River Research Station (Kidman Springs) in…
Two men standing in front of a blue strategy board

Cultural knowledge deserves reward, report says

Institutions pay consultants for the expertise they need, but rarely pay senior…
Man feeding cattle

Cattle & Cotton Open Day profiles nutrition trial…

Cattle & Cotton Open Day profiles nutrition trial progress Northern pastoralists can…
Sesame researcher in a green house

Inaugural Australian Sesame Symposium October 2026

Australia’s emerging sesame industry is coming together in Brisbane for the inaugural…

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.