Central Australia
Central Australia today refers to the central area of the Australian continent , which is located in the wider area of Alice Springs . Sometimes the term Centralia is used for this. In addition, it was also a no longer existing Australian territory which Central Australia was called.
The main town in Central Australia is Alice Springs, the majority of which are of Anglo-Irish origin. A quarter of the population, however, consists of Aborigines . With the exception of Barrow Creek , these in turn make up almost the entire population of all other settlements in this area. Of the approximately 120,000 people who live in Central Australia, about half are Native.
territory
Central Australia existed as Australian territory from February 1, 1927 to June 12, 1931 . It was created on the initiative of George Pearce , an Australian Minister for Home and Territories . This was justified by the fact that the Northern Territory was too large to be adequately managed. Central Australia, created by the North Australia Act 1926 - the border line in the north ran along the 20th parallel south latitude - was, however, reunited with North Australia to form the Northern Territory after a good 4 years.