Tipperary Group of Stations Savanna Burning Project

Tipperary Group of Stations Savanna Burning Project is a Savanna Burning project located at Tipperary Station, approximately 150km south of Darwin in the Northern Territory. It was registered in July 2013 and covers a vast 381,440.97 hectares.

Savanna burning projects involve the strategic and planned burning of savanna areas during the early dry season. This methodology mitigates greenhouse gas emissions by reducing the fuel load, which in turn reduces the risk, extent, and intensity of highly destructive wild fires that typically occur in the late dry season.

The Daly River region, where the station is located, is traditionally known for large-scale Brahman cattle farming, but has recently seen major expansions into broadacre cropping, particularly dryland and irrigated cotton. The area experiences a tropical monsoonal climate defined by a high-rainfall wet season and a distinct dry season. The soils across the station are predominantly loamy red and yellow earths, alongside areas of calcareous dark clays and basalt soils suitable for cropping.

The project has undergone variations over time, including the removal of some project areas in July 2017 and a change of proponent to Tipperary Group of Stations Pty Ltd in May 2024. Interestingly, Tipperary Station has recently gained international fame as a key filming location for the hit Netflix neo-western series Territory (often dubbed "Yellowstone in an Akubra"), which showcased the station's dramatic landscapes to a global audience. The station is also a major pioneer in reviving the Northern Territory's cotton industry, heavily investing in both cropping expansion and processing infrastructure, such as a new cotton gin near Katherine.