North Australia

Proper noun

Meaning

(Australia, historical) A short-lived colony (1846-1847) formed by combining what are now the regions of Queensland and the Northern Territory.

(Australia, historical) A short-lived territory (1927–1931) consisting of the northern part of what is now the Northern Territory.

Examples

Linebarger's stories feature strange and vivid creations, such as: * The planet Norstrilia (Old North Australia), a semi-arid planet where an immortality drug called stroon is harvested from gigantic, virus-infected sheep each weighing more than 100 tons. Source: Internet

The modern coconut has two different species, essentially a Pacific version and an Atlantic one; however, all modern coconuts appear to be domesticated plants, rather than the more primitive forms found in fossils in North Australia and Indonesia. Source: Internet

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