Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a territory of Australia. The capital city is Darwin. Other large towns in the Territory include Alice Springs, Katherine and Tennant Creek.
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| Coordinates: 20°S 133°E / 20°S 133°ECoordinates: 20°S 133°E / 20°S 133°E | |
| Capital | Darwin |
The Northern Territory has large areas of desert. It has many important places such as Uluru, or Ayers Rock. The rock is sacred to the native people.
Kakadu National Park is a World Heritage area. It has been lived in for more than 40,000 years. There are cave paintings, rock carvings and archaeological sites. These show the skills and way of life of the people who have lived there. The park has different ecosystems, including tidal flats, floodplains, lowlands and rocky gorges. It provides a place to live for a wide range of rare types of plants and animals.[1]
Floral Emblem
The floral emblem of the Northern Territory is Sturt's Desert Rose, Gossypium sturtianum.[2] The flower is also featured on the Territory's flag. It was named after explorer Charles Sturt who found the plant in creeks near the site of Broken Hill, New South Wales in 1844. The Fauna emblem is the Red Kangaroo.
Northern Territory Media
- Thomas Baines, Thomas Baines with Aborigines near the mouth of the Victoria River, N.T, 1857.jpg
Thomas Baines with Aboriginal Australians near the mouth of the Victoria River.
- Letters Patent Northern Territory.jpg
Letters Patent annexing the Northern Territory to South Australia, 1863
Northern Territory towns, settlements and road network.
The northern coast of Australia is on the left with Melville Island in the lower right
- Kata Tjuta pan.jpg
Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park
- Northern Territory Köppen.svg
Köppen climate types in the Northern Territory
- Fires in Northern Territory, Australia.jpg
Satellite image of fire activity in central Australia
- Darwin (AU), Parliament House -- 2019 -- 4336-8.jpg
The Parliament House building in Darwin
- Children wave Australian flags during an Anzac Day parade in Palmerston, Australia, April 25, 2013, as U.S. Marines with the 1st Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational 130425-M-AL626-014.jpg
Children wave Australian flags during an Anzac Day parade in Palmerston
References
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- ↑ "Kakdu World Heritage Area". Unesco. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
- ↑ "Floral Emblem of Northern Territory". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
