Tennant Creek, NT Family Guide
NT 0860 · Barkly Regional Council
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7 listed within 5 km of Tennant Creek · 6 in Tennant Creek
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- Janapurlalki Eagles · Tennant Creek · 0.5 km
- Thunder Juniors Barkly · Tennant Creek · 0.5 km
- Ydu · Tennant Creek · 0.5 km
- Barkly Work Camp · 0.4 km
Schools within 3 km of Tennant Creek
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2 schools within 3 km of the Tennant Creek centre, 2 with a Tennant Creek address.
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Parks, playgrounds & community places
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Recreation Reserve
Tennant Creek · 0.5 km
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At a glance
This guide brings together what AroundSchools lists for families in and around Tennant Creek: 7 kids' activities within 5 km, 2 schools in Tennant Creek, and parks and playgrounds.
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- Tennant Creek Primary SchoolSchool
- Tennant Creek High SchoolSchool
- Barkly Work CampActivity
- Tennant Creek Auskick CentreActivity
- Ali Curung FCActivity
- Barkly Youth GirlsActivity
- YduActivity
- Thunder Juniors BarklyActivity
- Janapurlalki EaglesActivity
- Recreation ReservePark or community place
- Tennant Creek Caravan ParkPark or community place
- Jubilee ParkPark or community place
- Pilgrim ParkPark or community place
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Tennant Creek within Barkly Regional Council
6 of the council area’s 9 activity providers
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Broader reading for NT families
Junior Soccer in the Northern Territory (2026/27): Ages, Season and Where to Play
Kids in the Northern Territory can start organised soccer from about age four — Football NT runs Coles MiniRoos for children aged 4 to 11, with club football from 12 to 18. Below: how the season and…
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What Kids Actually Do in the NT (Boys and Girls, 2025 Data)
The most common organised activity for children in the Northern Territory is Swimming, which 20.4% of all children take part in outside school hours. For boys the most common is soccer (23.4%), and…
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Football (AFL) (6) Category page →
Ali Curung FC
Ambrose St, Tennant Creek
Barkly Youth Girls
Ambrose St, Tennant Creek
Janapurlalki Eagles
Tennant Creek
Tennant Creek Auskick Centre
Ambrose St, Tennant Creek
Thunder Juniors Barkly
Tennant Creek
Ydu
Tennant Creek, Tennant Creek