An 18-year-old woman has been speared in the head in an alleged domestic violence incident in a remote Northern Territory community.

Emergency services received a report about midday on Sunday that the young woman had been speared in the head by a man known to her in Angurugu, a community on Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria. 

NT police said officers and local clinic staff found the victim conscious with the spear still in her head. 

“The victim has since been conveyed to Royal Darwin Hospital via Care Flight in a serious but stable condition,” a police spokesperson said.

Police said they were still looking for the alleged offender, and that investigations were continuing. 

Police urged anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers or 131 444.