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Uluru
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Uluṟu, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. It lies 335 km (208 mi) south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs; 450 km (280 mi) by road. Kata Tjuṯa and Uluṟu are the two major features of the Uluṟu - Kata Tjuṯa National Park. Uluṟu is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara, the Aboriginal people of the area. It has many springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings. Uluṟu is listed as a World Heritage Site.
West MacDonnell National Park
West MacDonnell National Park is a national park in the Northern Territory, Australia, 1234 km (767 mi) south of Darwin. It extends along the MacDonnell Ranges west of Alice Springs.
Alice Springs
Alice Springs is a town and the second largest centre in the Northern Territory of Australia. Popularly known as "the Alice" or simply "Alice", it had a population of 26,486 in 2005. Averaging 576 metres above sea level, the town is nearly equidistant from Adelaide and Darwin, close to the geographic centre of Australia. The site is known as Mparntwe to its traditional inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for more than 50,000 years.
Arnhem Land
Arnhem Land is an area of 97,000 km² in the north-eastern corner of the Northern Territory, Australia. The region was named by Matthew Flinders after the Dutch ship Arnhem which explored the coast in 1623. Declared an Aboriginal Reserve in 1931, it remains one of the largest Aboriginal Reserves in Australia and is perhaps best known for its remoteness, its art, and the strong continuing traditions of its Indigenous inhabitants. Northeast Arnhem Land is home to the indigenous Yolngu people, one of the largest Indigenous groups in Australia, and one of the few groups who have succeeded in maintaining a vigorous traditional indigenous culture.
Litchfield National Park
Litchfield National Park, covering approximately 1500 sq km, is near the township of Batchelor, 100km south-west of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Each year the park attracts over 260,000 visitors who come to enjoy the crystal clear waterfalls which cascade from a sandstone plateau called the Tabletop Range, the idyllic year-round swimming areas, the intriguing magnetic termite mounds, and the bushwalking tracks. Proclaimed a national park in 1986, it is named after Fred Litchfiel, a Territory pioneer, who explored areas of the Northern Territory from Escape Cliffs on the Timor Sea to the Daly River in 1864.
Bushfood
The word Bushfood refers to any food native to Australia and used as sustenance by the original inhabitants, the Australian Aborigines, although it is sometimes used with the specific connotation of "food found in the Outback while living on the land". It is also called bush tucker. It includes both animal and plant foods native to Australia.
Devils Marbles
The Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve contains formations of naturally rounded and oval boulders called Karlu Karlu by the local Aborigines. The area is located near Wauchope, 114km south of Tennant Creek in Australia's Northern Territory. The boulders are located in a traditional Aboriginal sacred site and are important to the local Aboriginal people. The Kaytetye people believe that the boulders are the eggs of the rainbow serpent. Over time, the ceremonies and stories related to the Devils Marbles have largely been lost, but the site is still very important to the tribe and may be considered to be among the oldest religious sites in the world.
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is the unicameral parliament of the Northern Territory in Australia. was created by an act of the Commonwealth Parliament in 1974, replacing the partly elected Legislative Council. The Northern Territory Legislative Assembly's 25 members sit in Parliament House, located on State Square, close to the centre of the city of Darwin.
The Ghan
The Ghan is the 48-hour, 2,979-km passenger train operating on the Adelaide-Alice Springs-Darwin Central Australian Railway in Australia. The service's name is an abbreviated version of its previous nickname The Afghan Express, which comes from the Afghan camel trains that trekked the same route before the advent of the railway.
Kakadu National Park
Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km east of Darwin. Located within the Alligator Rivers Region of the Northern Territory of Australia,it covers an area of 19,804 square kilometres, extending nearly 200 kilometres from north to south and over 100 kilometres from east to west. Kakadu National Park is the size of Israel, about one-third the size of Tasmania, or nearly half the size of Switzerland.
Gove Peninsula
The Gove Peninsula is at the northeastern corner of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. The peninsula became strategically important during World War II when an airforce base was constructed at what is now Gove Airport. The peninsula was named after Pilot Officer William Gove, who was killed in action in 1943.
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve
Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve is a wetland area approximately 70km east of Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia. It attracts a wide range of local and migratory water birds and other wildlife, and includes a raised observation platform.
