Nauiyu Nambiyu is an Aboriginal community in the

Katherine Region The Katherine Region, known as "Big River Country", is one of five major regions in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is situated just below the tropical Top End. The Katherine region covers an area of , and has a population of 18,646, maki ...

of the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

. The settlement was originally founded in the 1950s as a Roman Catholic mission on

Mulluk-Mulluk The Mulluk-Mulluk, otherwise known as the Malak-Malak, are an indigenous Australian people of the Northern Territory, Australia. Language Malak-Malak language, Mulluk-Mulluk is classified as an independent member of the Daly languages, northern D ...

aboriginal land. It is located on the banks of the large perennial Daly River, near the town of

Daly River, Northern Territory Daly River is a town adjacent to the Daly River in the Northern Territory of Australia. At the 2006 census, Daly River had a population of 468. The town is part of the Victoria Daly Region local government area. The area is popular for recre ...

, and located 230 km from Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory.

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Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory {{NorthernTerritory-geo-stub