North Australia

American  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• North Australian
  adjective

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North Australia

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

In North Australia and Queensland a further subdivision of each of these classes is found, making eight in all.

From Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia by Thomas, Northcote Whitridge

In January, 1847, the recently proposed colony of North Australia was established by a party from Sydney, under Lieutenant-Colonel Barney, R.E., with a suitable staff of public functionaries.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 by MacGillivray, John