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North Australia

American  

noun

  1. a former division of Australia; now part of the Northern Territory.


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Darwin, in barren North Australia, is as yet little more than a fueling station.

From Time Magazine Archive

They cross the Equator, weave through the maze of the East Indian Archipelago toward Australia's New Guinea and North Australia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Through Central and North Australia, on localities subject to inundation.

From Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart by John McDouall Stuart

Vessels bringing convicts to Van Diemen's Land were to convey ticket holders to North Australia.

From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by John West

It was at this time that Lord Stanley conceived the notion of a new penal colony in North Australia, and it fell to his successor, Mr. Gladstone, to give it form and substance. 

From The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

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