Local News
24 Jul 09 | A BOOK launched at Nyinkka Nyunyu in Tennant Creek last week is the pinnacle of 15 years work by an American anthropologist.
17 Jul 09 | TENNANT Creek schools had a good reason to celebrate last week with Chief Minister Paul Henderson announcing they would receive just under $9 million in NT and Federal Governments funding.
17 Jul 09 | WHILE in town for the show last week, Minister for Housing Rob Knight accompanied our local member to inspect works under the Strategic Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP).
17 Jul 09 | IN just over a week Tennant’s skyline will be dominated by a magical big top as the Great Moscow Circus pulls into town.
17 Jul 09 | SHOWGOERS were strapped for cash when automatic teller machines at both banks were inoperative last Friday morning.
09 Jul 09 | A FAMOUS All Blacks player who had taken refuge in Tennant Creek after being expelled from a rugby tour of Europe in 1972 is back in the spotlight.
09 Jul 09 | AN American anthropologist has culminated a 15-year relationship with Warumungu people with a book which details their history.
09 Jul 09 | THE NT Government Department of Planning and Infrastructure’s efforts in repairing the Barkly Highway have been acknowledged with an award.
09 Jul 09 | SIMMERING tensions between residents of Wuppa and Tingkali camps led to the bashing of a man whose skull was fractured during a brawl.
09 Jul 09 | THIS time 30 years ago there was great excitement as the town prepared for the first ever show.
09 Jul 09 | TENNANT Creek’s racing calendar has been cut in half and turf club members are livid.
03 Jul 09 | TENNANT Creek Football Oval erupted in a barrage of noisy drums as trio Christina Atkin, Adam Drake and Sam Foster from Zeal Theatre, Gold Coast, began their performance of The Forwards last Saturday.
03 Jul 09 | A MAN who bashed his old father-in-law with a star picket will spend the next six months in jail.
03 Jul 09 | MINISTER for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, visited Tennant Creek this week to check out progress on the $35 million housing and infrastructure project.
03 Jul 09 | A GROUP of Epenarra artists have returned from Sydney after holding their debut exhibition at the Birrung Gallery.
03 Jul 09 | A TENNANT Creek child has tested positive to swine flu, becoming the town’s first confirmed case.
03 Jul 09 | TERRITORY Day went off with a bang in Tennant Creek on Wednesday.
26 Jun 09 | MELBOURNE'S St Kilda Football Club has selected five boys from Tennant Creek to play in its under 16s and under 17s teams.
26 Jun 09 | IT’S been two months since a bus waiting facility for Tennant Creek patients travelling to Alice Springs for medical appointments was cancelled and there’s no sign of help on the horizon.
26 Jun 09 | A LOCAL girl who is studying in Adelaide has come up with her own way of increasing tourism numbers in Tennant Creek.