Adelaide River is a small but historically significant
town located at the crossing of the Stuart Highway
over the Adelaide River in the Northern Territory of
Australia. The town of Adelaide River is upstream
of the Adelaide and Mary River Floodplains
Important Bird Area. At the 2011 census, Adelaide
River had a population of 237. Adelaide River is
part of the Coomalie Shire and is the second
largest settlement (after Batchelor) in the local
government area.