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The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia [8] and informally as the Territory) [a] [9] is an Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Australia to the west (129th meridian east), South ...
NTD is an Australian television station, licensed to and serving Darwin, Palmerston and surrounding areas. The station is owned and operated by the Nine Entertainment Co., and is an owned-and-operated station of the Nine Network, under the company name Territory Television Pty. Ltd.
1927 – The Northern Territory is split into two territories – North Australia and Central Australia. 1930 – The remaining territory in eastern Antarctica is annexed by Britain as Enderby Land. 1931 – North Australia and Central Australia are reincorporated as the Northern Territory.
In 1978, the Central Land Council of the Northern Territory made a claim on behalf of the Warumungu under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act. A lengthy legal battle ensued, in which the litigations eventually went to the High Court of Australia. Fifteen years later, in 1993, most of the land claim was finally returned to the Warumungu. [7]
The Top End of Australia's Northern Territory is a geographical region encompassing the northernmost section of the Northern Territory, which aside from the Cape York Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Australian continent.
The name was gazetted in 1865 applying to the portion South of 16°S of what is now the Northern Territory. [9] For some time, Northern Territory including Arnhem Land referred only to the region north of that line. [10] [11] [12] In 1863, the Northern Territory was annexed by South Australia by letters patent.
Wadeye (/ ˈ w ɒ d eɪ ə, ˈ w ɒ d ɛər / WOD-ay-ə, WOD-air [2]) is a town in Australia's Northern Territory (NT). It was formerly known (and is still often referred to) as Port Keats, a name originating from Port Keats Mission, which operated from 1935 (originally at a different location, known as Wertnek Nganayi) until 1978.
Warumunga is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 902 kilometres (560 mi) south-east of the territory capital of Darwin. [1] [3] The locality’s name derived from the "Warumungu Land Trust" , which make up a large part of the locality. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.