Where was Netflix's Territory filmed?

With a billion dollar empire at stake, everyone wants to get the ranch into their clutches, and a battle between rival ranchers, wealthy mining moguls, gangsters and Indigenous peoples ensues.

Who will come out on top? And what does the future hold for the mighty Marianne Station?

But it's not just the drama that'll draw you in. The backdrop against which all of the warring and scheming unfolds will take your breath away – and, to use a tired old cliche, is a character in and of itself, rewarding some and leaving others in its dust.

For more information about where the cast and crew of Territory pitched up, read on.

Where was Netflix's Territory filmed?

Filming took place across Australia's Northern Territory and South Australia. According to Netflix, many of the locations are "barely inhabited" and have never been seen on-screen before.

Key locations include:

• Kakadu National Park – a World Heritage Site and one of the largest national parks in Australia (almost 20,000 square kilometres). A number of Aboriginal communities still live in the region.
• Mallala – a small South Australian town located 62 kilometres north of Adelaide.
• Tipperary Station – a real-life working cattle station. It's so big, it even has its own airstrip and school.

"It took us a long while to get Tipperary Station on board, and it's a testament to [show creator] Ben Davies, who had that relationship having worked up there before," said executive producer Rob Gibson (via Perth Now).

He added: "We both got excited about the prospect of doing a big-scale, high-stakes action drama set on a cattle station, in a part of the country you don’t often see on screen.

"Just driving in, it takes 40 minutes from the turn-off to the station’s gate. To drive across, it can take hours, and if you really want to move around the place you need a helicopter, which is a necessary part of station life and mustering.

"Something with such expanse and scale is exactly what [we were] looking for to sell the vision of the world’s biggest cattle station."

Around 140 out of the 180 crew members lived on the station for the first month of shooting in a "camping village", before moving on to Kakadu and the south.

"It's a monumental effort by production to pull this off in such a remote place," said Davies (via IF).

"In terms of infrastructure and scale this cattle property is unmatched anywhere else in the world, so fortunately it can accommodate our large cast and crew.

"And with the team living here, we're capturing remarkably authentic images that, when matched with powerful storytelling, encapsulate the world we’re looking to share, not just locally but globally as well."

Territory, which was initially named Desert King, is the biggest Netflix series ever to be filmed in South Australia.

Does Marianne station exist?

No, the cattle ranch isn't real, but as detailed above, the series was filmed at Tipperary Station, a real-life working cattle station, and its adjoining sister properties Douglas West and Litchfield.

Covering a whopping 386,000ha, the station is one of the world's largest.

Series creator Ben Davies told Inside Film Magazine in September 2023 that 140 members of the 180-member crew were living on the station during filming.

"It’s a monumental effort by production to pull this off in such a remote place," he said.

"In terms of infrastructure and scale this cattle property is unmatched anywhere else in the world, so fortunately it can accommodate our large cast and crew."

He added: "And with the team living here, we’re capturing remarkably authentic images that, when matched with powerful storytelling, encapsulate the world we’re looking to share, not just locally but globally as well."

Territory is available to stream now on Netflix – sign up from £4.99 a month. Netflix is also available on Sky Glass and Virgin Media Stream.

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