Northern Territory

Alice Springs was named after Alice Todd, the wife of Charles Todd, the man instrumental in securing the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line for South Australia.

Some of the things that made territories attractive for colonization and colonialism were an abundance of natural resources and land that was fertile for agriculture. Another attractive feature was close access to an ocean or waterway.

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Alice Springs was initially the name given to the telegraph repeater station which operated from 1872 to 1932 in central Australia. The actual town, originally surveyed in 1888, was 3km south of the telegraph station. Until the early 1930s, the official name of the town was Stuart. However, this created confusion for administrators in Adelaide, so on 31 August 1933 the township of Stuart was officially gazetted Alice Springs.

The springs after which the town was named were discovered on 11 March 1871 by the team building the Overland Telegraph Line. They lie to the north-east of the town and were named after the wife of Charles Todd, the man instrumental in securing the construction of the Overland Telegraph Line for South Australia. Surveyors William Whitfield Mills and John Ross both claim credit for the discovery of the springs.

The slogan for the ACT is Nation's Capital. It used to be Heart of the Nation and at one stage it was Feel the Power.

Some of the French "outre mer" is part of France, much like Hawaii is a part of the US. None of the British Overseas Territories are - they are possessions. Holland and Denmark are the other EU states that have OTs, and the relationships vary, so there is no one answer to this question.

Some of the OTs have reciprocal residence rights, some do not.

I don't know what "tied" means. If it means they're related in some way, yes, they're all related in some way. But that isn't very informative, is it?

Yep there is a hidden one in Fremont, Michigan about 4 miles in the woods!

Brasília is the federal capital of Brazil. It was founded on April 21, 1960, to serve as the new national capital.

Mangrove swamps need to be near the sea because they thrive in coastal saline conditions. The presence of salt water helps filter out pollutants and provides nutrients for the mangroves. Additionally, the proximity to the sea allows for seed dispersal and helps protect the coastline from erosion and storm damage.

The city of Darwin, now the capital of Australia's Northern Territory, was founded on 5 February 1869. At first it was not called Darwin, but Palmerston, after the Prime Minister of Britain, Lord Palmerston.

The harbour on which Darwin is located was discovered and named in September 1839.

It is difficult to find a comprehensive list of all of Albert Namatjira's watercolours.

The related link (see below) is the best source available.

A few days after the bombing of Pearl Harbour, 200 Japanese fighter planes bombarded the city of Darwin, over 250 people died.

Why did it happen?

Because the allies were using Darwin as a staging ground, where allied ships would dock refuel and return to battle. It was also strategically important because this is where many of Australias forces were being sent from to head north to PNG, Indonesia, and so on.

However, the attacks on Darwin were not the last for the remainder of the war it would be bombed a further 64 times but none of them compared to the destruction as the first bombings as we were much more prepared after that.

It kept the full facts from public knowledge to avoid public panic in the rest of Australia, to avoid harming morale and the war effort.

The North had opposed the extension of slavery because they didn't want the 'inhumane' segregation to spread the the newer joining territories/states. And they couldn't have yet attempted to abolish slavery all together at that point because the segregation force was too large and powerful. So they hoped to only turn new territories/states anti-slavery.

Slavery was one issue, equal rights was another issue. So to say that Northerners did not like segregation is not true. Segregation existed in the North and the USA as a whole for decades after the Civil War.

Red kangaroos and thorny devils are two animals which may be found around the Devil's Marbles in the Northern Territory.

The municipality of Katherine covers 7421 square kilometers. The Katherine region covers 336, 674 square kilometers (almost the size of the State of Victoria)

Yes, the Northern Territory could become a state, and it would be a fairly straightforward matter. Australia's constitution of 1901 did (and does) allow for the admission of new states into Australia. Section 121 of the constitution states that all that is required for a new state (or, in this case, for a territory to be declared a state) is for the Federal Parliament to agree. This even means that the Parliament could admit the Northern Territory as a state whether or not the NT agreed to it.

Many Territorians support the push to become a state as they feel they are lacking the same rights as residents in the states have; this is because the Northern Territory government may pass a law - but it can easily be overridden by the Federal government. Further, sometimes the constitution gives rights to individuals but those rights are only available in reality if one lives in a state. An example is how Section 117 of the constitution states that anyone who lives in a state cannot be discriminated against on that basis, yet one can be discriminated against because one lives in a Territory.

The train trip from Adelaide to Alice Springs on the famous Ghan takes around 25 hours. Trains depart Adelaide on Sundays and Wednesdays at 12:20pm, and arrive in Alice Springs at 1:45pm.

Yes and no. King's Canyon is the largest known and named canyon in Australia. However, Australia's largest series of slot canyons are found in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.

The premier of Manitoba is Gary Doer

There are many indigenous land reserves in the Northern Territory. these include: * Kakadu * Arnhem Land * Arltunga * Uluru-Katatjuta (Yulara) * Kaltukatjara * Anindilyakawa

Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory. There is also the self-governing external territory of Norfolk Island plus the Australian Antarctic Territory.