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Central Australia, also sometimes referred to as the Red Centre, is an inexactly defined region associated with the geographic centre of Australia. In its narrowest sense it describes a region that is limited to the town of Alice Springs and its immediate surrounds including the MacDonnell Ranges .
Central Australia was a territory of Australia that existed from 1927 to 1931. It was formed from the split of the Northern Territory in 1927 alongside the territory of North Australia , the dividing line between the two being the 20th parallel south .
1846 – Northern central and eastern Australia briefly become the independent Colony of North Australia, then are returned to New South Wales. Map of Australia, 1851; 1851 – Southeastern mainland Australia becomes the independent colony of Victoria. 1856 – Van Diemen's Land is renamed the colony of Tasmania. Norfolk Island becomes the ...
See also the Bureau of Meteorology's Western Australia regions map. [8] The Western Australian system of regions defined by the Government of Western Australia for purposes of economic development administration, which excludes the Perth metropolitan area, is a series of nine regions. The nine defined regions are: Gascoyne; Goldfields–Esperance
Western Australia is the largest state, covering just under one third of the Australian landmass, followed by Queensland, South Australia, and New South Wales. Australia also has several minor territories; the federal government administers a separate area within New South Wales, the Jervis Bay Territory , as a naval base and seaport for the ...
1891 German map of south-eastern Australia showing many of the divisions. Some other states were also divided into land divisions and land districts; in the nineteenth century, land districts sometimes served as the region name for parts of the state where counties had not been proclaimed yet.
The Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia have a higher HDI value than Switzerland (0.967), the highest-ranked country in the world. As of 2022, the Australian Capital Territory has the equal fourth highest HDI rating of any sub-national region in the world, behind only the Canton of Zurich , the Region of London , the Akershus and ...
The Northern Territory was split at 20° south into the territories of Central Australia and North Australia. [56] [57] 9 May 1927 Parliament began meeting in Canberra, formally moving the capital there from Melbourne. [58] [59] 12 June 1931 The territories of Central Australia and North Australia were merged to become the Northern Territory ...