The Never Never Museum

The Never Never Museum is a small community heritage museum in Mataranka, Northern Territory, within the Roper Gulf region. Located on the Stuart Highway, it preserves and interprets the history of the Elsey Station pastoral era, the region's World War II presence, and local Aboriginal heritage. Named after Jeannie Gunn's 1908 book We of the Never Never, the museum displays photographs, artefacts, machinery and documents illustrating early settlement and station life in the Never Never district.

Visitors can expect a compact, single-storey museum building and outdoor display area set in the township of Mataranka. Inside, rooms contain historical photographs, documents, household items, pastoral equipment and World War II memorabilia related to Elsey Station and the district. Outside, visitors can view old machinery, wagons and farm implements. The setting is quiet and informal, with interpretive panels explaining station life, early European settlement and local heritage.