Wadeye, pronounced Wad-air, sits on the edge of the Daly River Reserve, 280km south-west of Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory. ^ a b c "Port Keats Mission (1935 - 1978)".

Jan 23, 2024 · After a spell of relative calm, the streets of Wadeye — one of the largest Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory – have once again erupted with violence.

May 4, 2022 · Fighting in a remote indigenous community southwest of Darwin has been so intense that as many as 500 people are now homeless. National attention is turning to …

Jan 4, 2025 · With low rates of education and employment, and high levels of crime and dysfunction driven by intergenerational disadvantage, Wadeye appears to be trapped in a grim cycle.

Apr 27, 2022 · Wadeye is an isolated community about 420 kilometres south-west of Darwin, with a population of around 3000 people. Tensions have been building in the community for the past month.

May 4, 2022 · Up to 500 residents in an outback town have been forced to abandon their burnt down homes as a 'war' erupts between rival family clans. Authorities are now sending in a taskforce to provide food...

Wadeye, also known as Port Keats, is one of Australia's largest remote Indigenous communities located approximately 420kms south west of Darwin. It is accessed along the Daly River Road which is not sealed from the Daly River crossing and can only be accessed by road during the Dry Season (May to October).

Jan 13, 2025 · THE NT Government is vowing to crack down after police officers were attacked three times in as many days in a small town south-west of Darwin. NT Police Commissioner Michael Murphy says the recent attacks on police at Wadeye, about 230km south-west of Darwin, is …

Jul 17, 2019 · Introduced in 2021, Murin now offers an all year regular bus service to the Daly region. Travelling to local communities in the wet season, and all the way through to Wadeye in the dry season.

Jun 16, 2023 · Bruised and traumatised, resilient and proud — how the troubled outback community of Wadeye in the Northern Territory is trying to shed its violent past and move forward.