Where IsTerritoryFilmed? All About the Real Australian Locations Behind the Netflix Show

Mar. 15, 2025

A scene from ‘Territory’.Photo:Netflix

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Massivecattle ranches, arid outback deserts and crocodile-infested rivers make the setting of Territoryalmost as dangerous as the people who call it home.

Netflix’s newest Australian-based drama starringAnna Torv,Michael Dorman, Robert Taylor and Sam Corlett follows the power struggle that ensues when the family who owns the world’s largest cattle station is suddenly left without an heir. Sensing their vulnerability, every rival is ready to strike at a chance for this billion-dollar piece of land.

The land in question is set in some of the most isolated parts of South Australia that are as real and unforgiving as they appear on-screen. A few of these places are so hard to get to that helicopters and private jets are the main modes of transportation.

So where isTerritoryfilmed? Here’s everything to know about the series’ real-life locations.

WasTerritoryfilmed in Australia?

A scene from ‘Territory’.Netflix

Yes,Territorywas filmed in Australia, specifically South Australia (SA) and Northern Territory (NT). According toInside Film Magazine, it’s the biggest Netflix series to ever be filmed in SA.

“[The series] captures the vastness, beauty, and scale of the Territory,” screen territory director Jennie Hughes told the Australian publication, “which is going to give this project an unparalleled sense of authenticity, aesthetic, and audience appeal.”

Most of the shooting locations were in highly remote areas, putting the cast in close proximity to local wildlife. Taylor, who plays Colin Lawson, toldCowboys & Indiansthat during filming, he found alarge snakeunder his bed.

“Before that, there was a smaller one that I found in my sink,” theLongmireactor told the outlet in a September 2024 interview. “It was just a little one. Three feet long or something. Just curled in the basin … But you should have seen the one under the bed, dude. It was that fat. I’ve got photos of me with it on Instagram.”

Sure enough, the actorposted an Instagram photoof the supposed snake wrapped around his neck in November 2023. The caption? “When working in the northern part of Australia, always check under your bed.”

Where wasTerritoryfilmed?

Filming locations forTerritoryinclude a real-life working cattle station, one of the largest national parks inAustraliaand a small farming community in the Adelaide Plains.

“The art that was on the rocks were like you know, tens of thousands of years old,” he said.“Someone was saying it’s twenty-thousand years old, the rock art, so to be there and tell the story that myself and Sharnie get to tell — that’s almost representative of the youth of Australia, and it felt really special. It felt sacred, you know?”

Mallala, a small farming community set in the Adelaide Plains, is also featured on the show, according toGreater SA.

Is Marianne Station a real place?

Show creator Ben Davies toldInside Film Magazinein September 2023 that 140 members of their 180-member crew were living on the station during filming.

He continued, “And with the team living here, we’re capturing remarkably authentic images that, when matched with powerful storytelling, encapsulate the world we’re looking to share, not just locally but globally as well.”

Corlett, a native of New South Wales, toldGQthat he wrote poetry from his character’s perspective while living on the station.

“I found myself actually listening to a lot of songs that I used to listen to when I was a kid, because I was returning to Australia to tell stories,” theVikings: Valhallaactor said. “It was kind of like the reinvigoration of being Australian again.”

Taylor toldCowboys & Indiansthat because of the living arrangements — apartments on the ranch they dubbed “The Swamp” — he got into “a little bit of mischief” with his costars during filming.

“Nothing illegal, mind you,” the actor said. “We were out there in the middle of nowhere, man, and it’s hot, hot, hot thirsty weather … And they kept saying, ‘Well, you can’t do this and you can’t do that. You better not do this, and you’re not permitted to do that.’ And we figured, ‘Well, maybe we should give that a try.’ Mostly Michael, to be fair. Mostly him."

He continued, “Yeah, like when they said, ‘Don’t go over there, that’s dangerous,’ we said, ‘We’ll just take a look over there.’ Like, it’s just a couple hundred man-eating crocodiles over there. So what?”

source: people.com