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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 ...
Nauiyu Nambiyu is an Aboriginal community in the Katherine Region of the Northern Territory, Australia.. The settlement was originally founded in the 1950s as a Roman Catholic mission on Mulluk-Mulluk aboriginal land.
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]
Arltunga Historical Reserve, known also as Arnerre-ntyenge is a deserted gold rush town located in the Northern Territory of Australia in the locality of Hart [1] about 110 kilometres (68 mi) east of Alice Springs. It is on the lands of the Eastern Arrernte people, who are the traditional owners. [2]
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.
Location of the Northern Territory in Australia. The Northern Territory (NT) is the most commonly mentioned potential seventh state of Australia.The most common proposed name for the state is Northern Australia (to match with the state of Western Australia; an alternative would be North Australia to match with the state of South Australia).
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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.