Northern Territory
- a state of north central Australia; pop.219,818 (2008); capital, Darwin. The territory was annexed by the state of South Australia in 1863, and administered by the Commonwealth of Australia from 1911. It became a self-governing territory in 1978.澳北区（澳大利亚中北部的一个州, 2008年人口219,818; 首府达尔文; 1863年被南澳州兼并, 1911年起由澳大利亚联邦管辖; 1978年成为自治区）。