Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A territory of northern Australia west of Queensland. Colonized by the British after the 1830s, the Northern Territory remains very sparsely populated. Darwin is the capital and largest city.
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- proper noun Territory covering northern and north-central
Australia which hasDarwin as its capital.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a territory in north central Australia
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Examples
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Conservation Foundation believes a station in the Northern Territory could be the location of Australia's first
WN.com - Articles related to Germany "irritated" by EU approach to Opel rescue plan (Roundup) 2010
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The death of a police officer in the Northern Territory will be the subject of a coronial investigation.
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Conservation Foundation believes a station in the Northern Territory could be the location of Australia's first
WN.com - Articles related to Germany "irritated" by EU approach to Opel rescue plan (Roundup) 2010
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The Northern Territory is the only region where Aborigines have comprehensive land rights, granted almost by accident 30 years ago.
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South Australia and the Northern Territory are the only two jurisdictions in which ALP governments have allowed uranium mining.
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If you're looking for a place that makes you feel like you're in an ancient universe, then Uluru in the Northern Territory is the place for you.
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Her reluctant guide through the vast, unforgiving terrain of the Northern Territory is the Drover (Hugh Jackman), a rough-hewn cattleman as rugged as Sarah is refined.
The IESB 2008
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"It's just that the Northern Territory is the first and foremost tidal energy site in Australia.
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However, the project's remote location near the triple junction of Western Australia state, South Australia and the Northern Territory means a mine will be expensive to develop.
Samsung Mulls Australian Mine Project David Fickling 2011
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Development plans call for Inpex to build a $20 billion liquefaction plant near Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory to process natural gas piped from Ichthys, which is located in the Browse Basin off the coast of Western Australia state.
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