North Australia (Territory)

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North Australia was an Australian federal territory in the north of the continent.

Australia from 1927 to 1931

The territory was created on February 1, 1927. At that time, today's Northern Territory was divided into two parts, North Australia and Central Australia . On June 12, 1931, this division was reversed by the North Australia Act of the Australian central government.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baillie, Jill (1990): Struggling to achieve the vision splendid: the North Australia Commission, 1926/1930 . In Northern Perspective. 13 (2), 23-32.
  2. ↑ nla.gov.au : Resident Governors , August 20, 1926, in English, accessed June 20, 2012

Coordinates: 20 ° 48 ′  S , 139 ° 31 ′  E