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Katherine is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is situated on the Katherine River (after which it is named) below the "Top End", 320 kilometres (200 miles) southeast of Darwin.

Katherine is the fourth-largest settlement in the Territory and is known as the place where "The outback meets the tropics".

Katherine is also the closest major town to RAAF Base Tindal located 17 km southeast and provides education, health, local government services and employment opportunities for the families of Defence personnel stationed there.

Katherine is the central hub of the great "Savannah Way" which stretches from Cairns in north QLD to Broome in the Kimberley WA.