North Australia Party

The creation of the NAP was announced on 12 August 1965 by Lionel Rose, an independent member of the Legislative Council, who said it had been established at a meeting in Alice Springs the previous week.

[2] The results in both seats were controversial, with the unsuccessful candidates claiming that their opponents had engaged in illegal conduct to secure the votes of Indigenous constituents.

Rose claimed that the ALP candidate Charles Orr in Alice Springs had bribed voters with alcohol and petitioned the Court of Disputed Returns to overturn the result.

[2] David Smith, the ALP candidate in Stuart, petitioned the court to unseat Greatorex on the grounds that campaign workers had intimidated and misled Aboriginal voters.

[4] In announcing the party's formation, Rose stated that it was intended to operate not only in the Northern Territory but also in North Queensland and the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

[10] A number of NAP members, including future senator Bernie Kilgariff, were involved in establishing the local branch of the Country Party, the immediate predecessor of the CLP.