Types of personalised and special plates

Personalised number plates

Personalised number plates are available in any of the following:

  • ochre characters on white background
  • black characters on yellow background
  • black characters on white background.
Plate Characters and size Slogan
Standard size car plate - 435 (diamond) 948 N.T. OUTBACK AUSTRALIA Standard size car plate
372mm x 133mm
Up to 6 characters with optional diamond 		Choice of either:

NT NATURE TERRITORY

NT OUTBACK AUSTRALIA
Medium size car plate - N.T. FRED (diamond) S Medium size car plate
315mm x 133mm
Up to 5 characters with optional diamond 		NT (on top)
Small size car plate - N.T. GO Small size car plate
190mm x 133mm
Up to 3 characters with no diamond available		NT (on top)
Seven digit car plate - NT SLIM (diamond) 21 Seven digit car plates can be ordered in a combination of: Slimline and Slimline; Slimline and Standard or Standard; or Standard
372mm x 100mm (Slimline)
372mm x 133mm (Standard)
Up to 6 characters with optional diamond or 7 characters with no diamond available		NT (on side)
Trailer plate - T 2 (diamond) DAY N.T.-OUTBACK AUSTRALIA Trailer plate
372mm x 133mm
Up to 5 characters with optional diamond		Choice of either:

NT NATURE TERRITORY

NT OUTBACK AUSTRALIA
Motorcycle plate - N.T. M (diamond) BIKE Motorcycle plate
215mm x 97mm
Up to 5 characters with optional diamond		NT (on top)

Special number plates

Special number plates are available with a character sequence up to five or six characters in a standard size only.

You can also apply for:

  • the Explorer Territory Series – with the image of the explorer John McDouall Stuart
  • or the Regional Series – with the slogan and symbol that represents a particular region.
PlateCharactersSloganColor
Explorer Territory plate - (Image of the explorer John McDouall Stuart looking out over the horizon with the Southern Cross in the background) MINE EXPLORER TERRITORY NT OUTBACK AUSTRALIA Explorer Territory
Up to five characters with no diamond available		EXPLORER TERRITORY
NT OUTBACK
AUSTRALIA		white or blue
Darwin Region plate - 234 (image of a barra) ERR BARRA COUNTRY DARWIN N.T. Darwin region
Up to six characters with no diamond available		BARRA COUNTRY
DARWIN NT		ochre or white
Palmerston Region plate - 528 (image of a lizard) 204 CITY OF THE FUTURE PALMERSTON N.T. Palmerston region
Up to six characters with no diamond available		CITY OF THE FUTURE
PALMERSTON NT		ochre or white
Arnhem Land Region plate - U (image of a tree) BET BEST KEPT SECRET ARNHEM LAND N.T. Arnhem Land region
Up to six characters with no diamond available		BEST KEPT SECRET
ARNHEM LAND NT		ochre or white
Katherine Region number plate - 288 (image of a man riding a cattle) 920 CATTLE COUNTRY KATHERINE N.T. Katherine region
Up to six characters with no diamond available		CATTLE COUNTRY
KATHERINE NT		ochre or white
Tennant Creek Region number plate - MY (image of a men digging for gold) CAR GOLD COUNTRY TENNANT CREEK N.T. Tennant Creek region
Up to six characters with no diamond available		GOLD COUNTRY
TENNANT CREEK NT		ochre or white
Alice Springs Region number plate - 4 (image of a man riding a camel) ME THE RED CENTRE ALICE SPRING N.T. Alice Springs region
Up to six characters with no diamond available		THE RED CENTRE
ALICE SPRINGS NT		ochre or white

To find out more contact the MVR.

More information

For more information get a copy of V24 Vehicle number plates (79.0 kb)