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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

A company or syndicate was formed in February, 1859, for the purpose of establishing a new pastoral settlement in North Australia.

From Early Days in North Queensland by Palmer, Edward

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 Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)

The geological structure of this portion of the country is wholly dissimilar to any other part of North Australia we have yet traversed.

From Journals of Australian Explorations by Gregory, Augustus Charles

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