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The Northern Territory is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. Despite its large area—over 1,349,129 square kilometres (520,902 sq mi), making it the third largest Australian federal division—it is sparsely populated. The Northern Territory’s population of 244,000 (as of 2016) makes it the least populous of Australia’s eight major states and territories, having fewer than half as many people as Tasmania.

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Australia Day 2023

On January 26, 1788, the first fleet of convicts arrived in Australia from England . The commemoration has become increasingly controversial . The Aboriginal population of Australia regard it as Invasion Day.

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Adventure Golf – Australia

In this episode, Adventure Golfer Ian Cross heads home to his native Australia. He begins in Sydney at a high quality but affordable

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Australian Impressionists: Forging A National Identity

Inspired by the Impressionist movement in Europe at the time, artists such as Tom Roberts , Arthur Streeton and Charles Condor brought this sensibility and sensitivity to the Australian landscape.

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The Lost World Of Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks, naturalist, explorer, collector, patron and President of the Royal Society for more than 40 years was one of Australia’s founding fathers. As a young botanist, he accompanied Captain Cook on his circumnavigation and voyage of discovery to The South Seas, and yet a true picture of Banks’s life has never emerged.