Map of Mataranka, NT 0852 - Census Demographics - Melway, Sydway, Brisway, Ausway, Street Smart (original) (raw)

Mataranka is a community of approximately 400, in the Top End region of Australia 's Northern Territory. The town is located approximately 420 km (260 mi.) southeast of the territorial capital, Darwin, and 107 km (66 mi.) south from Katherine. At the 2001 census, Mataranka had a population of 461.

The town is located near Roper River and Mataranka Hot Springs. This area is the setting for Jeannie Gunn 's autobiographical account of the year 1902, We of the Never Never. The homestead, which she shared with her husband, Aeneas Gunn, until his death, has been reconstructed near to the hot springs.

The Mataranka Station is part of the Katherine Rural College of Charles Darwin University.