Special Issues - Explorer

               1994 - 1997  Withdrawn.                         Re-issued in new print style 2000

     

           Plate colour change Dec 2002
       

Solar Car Challenge

Cannonball Run - 1994

  
#69 was not issued.  Colour variation was early manufacture error.

Jeep Jamboree - 1994

1994  World Jeep Jamboree held in NT.

World War II Commemorative - 1992

Pacific School Games - 1992

Centenary of Federation - 2001

Passenger - Regular Issues   

            1911-1930       No provision made for licence plates. An owner was responsible to make a plate showing a number
                                                            allocated by the authorities of the day perhaps the Darwin Town Council.

            1930-1940       Plates white on black base.  With "N A", for North Australia, shown either vertically or horizontal.

            1940-1953       Plates white on black.  "N T" either vertical or horizontal.

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            1953 - 1979
                                                        This style of plate was used 1953-1979.  White on Black.
                                                        Numbering started at 1 and ended before 170 000.

  Two digit plate        

I need a single digit and a two digit white/black plate for my collection. Can anyone help me?

        Passenger - Regular Issues   1979  to present

From 1979 the familiar ochre-red on reflective white style with the slogan 'Outback Australia' was issued.   Numbering commenced at 170 000 and as at January 2001 was up to about 601 000.

The system at the time of change in 1979 was that existing plate numbers could be surrendered and a new issue 'off the pile' made OR if you wanted to keep the original number (which could have been from one to six digits) that was remade in the new style and colour.

Low number Ochre-Red on White plates can be an original remake or could be re-ordered at a much later date if the number was one which had been surrendered.  The plate then is regarded as a Personalised Plate and examples are shown on these pages.

	Plate No 1 is from the car of the Administrator of the Northern Territory.  Historically, number 1 has always been the Administrator's number.

        Personalised Plates

The early issue of Personalised Plates were restricted to the red on reflective white colour scheme,   Any combination of numbers and letters from 1 to 6 characters was possible.
  
Two slogans were available - 'Outback Australia' and 'Nature Territory' .   Both styles had a stylized Desert Rose, the NT floral emblem, in the lower right corner.

Later issues and remakes do not have the Rose emblem.    

'Outback'  slogans with Rose	Nature Territory  slogans with  Rose
Outback  slogans without  Rose	Nature Territory  slogans without  Rose
'Mylegs' was from a motorised wheelchair

From mid 90's, as well as the red on white plate two new colour options became available.
Either of the two slogans available on all full size plates. - Standard size 370mm x 133mm

3/4 of standard size - 320mm x 133mm - Three colour choices - no slogans other than 'NT' at top.

1/2 of standard size - 190mm x 133mm  -  Three colour choices - no slogans other than 'NT' at top.

From mid 00's, a new size of plate die was used for all personalised plates and remakes of others.
Either of the two slogans available on all full size plates. - Standard size 370mm x 133mm

Vertical 'NT' Issued April 2001 - slimline front and 7 digit available

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