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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

The temperature was lower at sunrise this morning than on any other day since landing in North Australia, being only 41 degrees.

From Journals of Australian Explorations by Gregory, Augustus Charles

The natives of North Australia, the most primitive people of whom we have any knowledge, use logs, singly or lashed together with vines, to cross rivers and arms of the sea.

From Healthful Sports for Boys by Rochefort, Alfred

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

From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by West, John

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