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*** New BushTel website ***
Welcome to the new BushTel website. Please contact us, using the Feedback Form, if you come across any errors whilst using the new website. Over the following weeks, we will be actively migrating information and functionality from the old website to the new website, including the various maps. We thank you for your patience during our transitional period.
*** Information / Data Review on BushTel ***
If you have used the old BushTel website, you may have noticed a difference in the information currently available on the new BushTel website. We are conducting a major review of all information and data that was previously available on BushTel. We are doing this ensure that information is up to date and relevant. We have also been identifying new sources of information that was previously not available through BushTel. This information review is an ongoing process and will continue past the transitional period, to ensure BushTel stays a reliable information tool for Northern Territory communities.
Bushtel is a central point for information about the regions in the Northern Territory, its people and communities, its cultural and historical influences and the statistics and data that allow for informed decision-making.
It is designed as a “one-stop shop” for information from many different Northern Territory Government agencies. It allows instant access to vital sources of information such as population statistics, maps, aerial photographs, health and emergency services, schools, building plans and key contacts for communities and regions.
There are links to other Territory government services and data banks such as Building Assets Management Services (BAMS) and SLAP (Serviced Land Availability Program) maps.
As the Northern Territory continues to grow, Bushtel will add further links and information about agencies and services.
The website is an essential source of information not only for those coming to live in the Territory, but for tourists, tradesmen, teachers, contractors and anyone else interested in the north of Australia’s sheer diversity of culture and economy.
It is named after the famous bush telegraph, the unofficial chain of communication through which news, information and rumours were spread throughout the country. The term became synonymous with the quick carriage of any tale worth telling.
Our revamped Bushtel site also pays homage to the historical Overland Telegraph which carried news and information up and down the line from the cities of the south.