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	Darwin (Australia) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Darwin (Australia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Port and capital of Northern Territory, Australia; population (2001 est) 72,100.
		Darwin is situated at the centre of Australia's north coast, in the northwest of Arnhem Land on a peninsula bordering the Timor Sea.
		Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin on 25 December 1974, and the population was evacuated.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Darwin+(Australia) (376 words)

	Encyclopedia: Port Darwin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Darwin is the capital of the Northern Territory, and is a city of 109,419 people (2001 census) on Australia's far north-western coastline.
		Darwin is situated in the Northern Territory, on the coast of the Timor Sea at Latitude: 12 27S - Longitude: 130 50E.
		Darwin is known as the "Gateway to Asia," although the city's population is not hugely multicultural.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Port-Darwin (458 words)

	AboutDarwin.com - Beagle Voyage
		Darwin took little notice of this turn of events, as he was too ill to even leave his cabin.
		Darwin was devastated at missing the chance to see the island of his dreams, and watched Tenerife fade off into the horizon.
		Darwin made detailed observations of a cuttle-fish that populated the tide pools around the island, and was fascinated by their ability to change colors.
	www.aboutdarwin.com /voyage/voyage03.html (881 words)

	Walkabout - Darwin
		Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory.
		Port Darwin was discovered by Lieutenant John Lort Stokes and named by Captain J.C. Wickham when, travelling in the HMS Beagle, they passed the harbour area in 1839.
		The settlement of Darwin is a vital part of the interminable saga of trying to establish an outpost of the northern coast of Australia.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/NTDarwin.shtml (2163 words)

	Walkabout - Port Augusta
		Port Augusta is located 322 km north of Adelaide and is a genuine crossroads with roads heading north to Alice Springs and Darwin, west to the Nullarbor and the Eyre Peninsula and east to Adelaide.
		Port Augusta is a prosperous and interesting rural centre which is home to an excellent tourist information office which provides lots of valuable information for people planning to travel across the Nullarbor or north through the Northern Territory.
		Port Augusta, being located on the edge of the Outback, is one of the many bases for both the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the School of the Air.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/SAPortAugusta.shtml (1205 words)

	Darwin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		67,946), capital of the Northern Territory, N Australia, on Port Darwin, an inlet of the Timor Sea.
		Darwin is multicultural, with large Chinese and aboriginal populations.
		In World War II the city was heavily bombed by the Japanese; later a military airdrome, fuel-oil installations, and a wharf were built, and Darwin became a key Allied base.
	www.bartleby.com /65/da/DarwinAus.html (208 words)

	DARWIN AUSTRALIAN PORT HISTORY CUSTOMS OLCATION: NINTH PORT OF CALL OF THE SOLAR NAVIGATOR WORLD ELECTRIC NAVIGATION ...
		Darwin is in the far north of the Northern Territory, west of Arnhem Land.
		Darwin’s new port facility is a totally integrated multi-modal transport project with emphasis on expansion and growth through the provision of efficient, world-class facilities.
		Darwin was largely destroyed in 1974 by Cyclone Tracy, which killed 49 people and destroyed over 70% of the buildings.
	www.solarnavigator.net /geography/darwin_australia.htm (655 words)

	Darwin, Northern Territory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Darwin is Australia's tropical capital and the gateway to Asia and Europe.
		The new Darwin has a population of around 80,000 and must surely be the most cosmopolitan community in Australia with some 50 ethnic groups represented.
		Originally named Port Darwin, in 1839 by Lieutenant Stokes of the 'Beagle', after naturalist Charles Darwin, settlement was attempted in the area in 1824, 1827, 1845 and 1863, before Surveyor General George Goyder successfully established Palmerston in 1869.
	www.wilmap.com.au /darwin.html (597 words)

	Search Results for Darwin - Encyclopædia Britannica
		It is situated on a low peninsula northeast of the entrance to its harbour, Port Darwin, a deep inlet of Clarence Strait of the Timor Sea.
		Theory of the evolutionary mechanism proposed by Charles Darwin as an...
		Darwin developed his theory of evolution by natural selection after exploring plants and animals during his voyage on the HMS Beagle.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=Darwin&ct= (437 words)

	Australian Military Units (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Darwin, the largest population centre in northern Australia, was considered a vital asset in Australia's defences against an increasingly aggressive Japanese Empire in the 1930s.
		Its port and airfield facilities were developed, coastal defence batteries constructed and its garrison steadily enlarged.
		The outbreak of war in the Pacific resulted in the rapid enlargement of the military presence in Darwin and it was used as a base from which to deploy forces for the defence of the Dutch East Indies.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/event_59.asp (328 words)

	Australian Travel - Northern Territory - History of Darwin
		Darwin's history is a colourful mix of aboriginal skirmishes, gold rush, Japanese WW II bombings and cyclone devastation.
		In 1942 the Darwin population was approximately 2000.
		Darwin was again under siege on 25 December 1974 when Cyclone Tracey struck with devastating fury killing 64 residents and injuring thousands.
	www.aussie-travel.com.au /noterr/history.html (1017 words)

	Darwin Hotels Travel Guide - History of Darwin
		It took a long time to decide on Darwin as the site for the region's centre, and even after the city was established, growth was slow and troubled.
		Darwin was attacked 64 times during the war and 243 people lost their lives; it was the only place in Australia to suffer prolonged attacks.
		The port facilities have recently had a major upgrade, and the railway line to Alice Springs makes the city and it’s surrounds far more accessible to all, not just Australians.
	www.hoteltravel.com /australia/darwin/guides/history.htm (461 words)

	DLPE - Place Names - Origins - Suburbs & Localities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This suburb based on the Central Business District of Darwin derives its name from the harbour which was named by Captain Stokes and Wickham in 1839 after their former shipmate Charles Darwin who had travelled on the HMS Beagle on a previous voyage.
		The Darwin River was given its name by Goyder in his 1869 Survey of Port Darwin and Environs to the river.
		Following the surveying around Port Darwin, he is known to have been employed by the Lands Department in NSW prior to emigrating to California, USA, in 1874.
	www.lpe.nt.gov.au /place/ntplaces/greaterdwn.htm (11908 words)

	Australia's Pearl Harbor: The Japanese air raid on Darwin
		Without radar, the port was unaware of the Japanese and they were able to approach the port undetected.
		Port Darwin itself had very few defenses of any kind and the recently departed P-40s had represented the only effective fighter cover.
		The port would later be rebuilt into a major supply hub, but played no further role in the Netherlands East Indies campaign.
	www.netherlandsnavy.nl /Special_darwin.htm (3628 words)

	Blue Ridge Sailors complete Darwin port visit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		DARWIN, Australia -- The Colors are raised on the aft flag staff as USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) moors pierside here March 8.
		It was the seventh port visit of their current at-sea period.
		Upon arrival in Darwin, full honors were rendered by Vice Adm. Metzger and the 7th Fleet staff to distinguished visitors, including His Honour, Mr.
	www.c7f.navy.mil /news/2002/3/9.htm (232 words)

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	www.opensource.apple.com /darwinsource/10.3.2/bind9-7/bind9/CHANGES (16057 words)

	Places in The Northern Territory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Darwin is the largest city in the Northern Territory.
		Today Darwin's centre is a compact and easy-to-negotiate area at the end of the peninsula.
		Katherine is the next largest town to Darwin at the Top End of the Northern territory where all the major highways that transverse this vast area converge.
	www.about-australia.com /nt/nttown.htm#alice (689 words)

	Darwin - Xbox-Linux
		As of 25 Aug 2005, we have a Darwin/x86 port for the Xbox.
		Darwin is the base of Mac OS X, comprising the kernel "xnu", the system libraries and the UNIX tools.
		Darwin 8.0.1 is compiled with SSE2, which is unavailable on the Xbox.
	www.xbox-linux.org /wiki/Darwin (850 words)

	Darwin Hotels Travel Guide – Darwin information, hotels, map, travel, tourism, tourist, weather, climate, travel ...
		Darwin is set upon one of Australia's prettiest harbours, opening out onto the brilliant, jewel-like waters of the Arafura Sea and is a modern city with an estimated population of 98,000.
		Living within the city are some 70 different racial and cultural backgrounds and this has resulted in a wonderful hotch-potch of cultures, lifestyles and customs that give the place a unique flavour with an easy-going atmosphere and cosmopolitan attitudes.
		Darwin is not only Australia’s most cosmopolitan city, it also has the reputation for being one of the friendliest.
	www.hoteltravel.com /australia/darwin/guides/overview.htm (384 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Port Augusta
		The town of Port Augusta commands a splendid position at the head of Spencer's Gulf, overlooking which is the cathedral, a fine stone edifice.
		The Society of Jesus had resident missionary priests at Port Pirie, Kooringa, Georgetown, and Jamestown, long before the formation of the territory into a new diocese.
		Schools are maintained in 24 different places, the aggregate cost of salaries and general maintenance being estimated at £27,500 in the last twenty years, the original cost of the buildings at £18,250, or a total expenditure of £45,750 by the Catholic population, which, according to the census of 1901, is estimated at 11,953.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12283d.htm (897 words)

	Centenary of Federation - Connecting the Continent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The contractors in charge of the construction of the northern section of the Overland Telegraph Line left Adelaide by ship on the fully laden SS Omeo and landed at the remote north outpost Darwin (then called Port Darwin) on 9 September 1870.
		The trouble was, that the 400 kms from Port Darwin to the Roper River was mostly unexplored.
		They split into two parties; Party B would build the line from Port Darwin around the coast to Southport and then up the Blackmore River to Tumbling Waters, a distance of about 65 kms.
	www.connectingthecontinent.com /ctcwebsite/darwin/darwin.htm (452 words)

	INCOSE2001 - Northern Territory
		Darwin's history is an exciting mixture of adventure, violence, disappointment, disaster and achievement.
		John Lort Stokes commander of the Beagle, first named Port Darwin on 9 September 1839 in honour of an old friend Charles Darwin, who had been a ships companion on a previous voyage to South America.
		In it's 19,000 square kilometres, it is home to around 275 species of birds, 75 species of reptiles, 25 species of frogs, and estimated 10,000 species of insect and 1,600 plant species, comprising more than a third of the "Top End's" plant life.
	www.incose.org /symp2001/archive/tourism/nt.html (493 words)

	The Journal of Syms Covington - Chapter Five
		Darwin reminds us, "These pegs render a fall from a horse dangerous; as the chance of alighting on one of them is not small." The agile Chilotan horses which "skipped from one" log "to another with the quickness and certainty of a dog" were his greatest security [Darwin 1906: 280].
		Darwin went from the Quillota plains South on a winding track to the inland city of Santiago.
		Darwin blamed this illness on too much chichi, but it may be that he contracted a more serious illness, perhaps Chagas disease or typhus.
	www.asap.unimelb.edu.au /bsparcs/covingto/chap_5.htm (4169 words)

	Darwin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One of the main cruises, Spirit of Darwin, operates from Cullen Bay, a prestigious marina development which is a tourist attraction by itself.
		Darwin’s thirst for alcohol used to be legendary, with statistics for beer consumption averaging out at around 230 litres per year for every man, woman and child.
		Darwin has plenty of accommodation, from luxury hotels to hostels galore, and most of it is conveniently central.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/northern_territory/darwin.asp (4477 words)

	Financial Review - Railway on track to give Darwin a boost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But Stokes proved his prescience by discovering nearby Port Darwin and naming it for his friend, an unknown scientist named Charles Darwin whose fame was still decades away.
		The Alice Springs to Darwin railway, and the associated port expansion at Port Darwin's East Arm, will be a major driver of the NT economy in its construction phase and beyond.
		Stage Two of East Arm Port should be built, at a cost of $75 million, in time to coincide with the completion of the railway.
	afr.com /specialreports/report3/2001/09/05/FFX7S8ZP3RC.html (457 words)

	NT Govt 'reluctant' to hand over control of Darwin port. 19/05/2005. ABC News Online
		The Northern Territory Minister for Transport and Infrastructure says he would be reluctant to hand over control of Darwin's port to the Federal Government.
		Details of which ports will be involved are yet to be finalised, but the spokesman says Darwin is Australia's fifteenth busiest port - as measured by the value of international exports passing through it each year.
		He says the port handled $1.5 billion worth of imports and exports in the 2002-2003 financial year.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200505/s1372291.htm (303 words)

	Darwin port inadequate: Olympia resources. 19/07/2004. ABC News Online
		A company behind a major mining development in Central Australia says it wants to ship material out of Darwin, but the rail and port facilities are not geared to handle bulk mining materials.
		Olympia's John Baxter says there are no train wagons to handle high density material and the Darwin port is not geared to load that kind of material.
		"The port facility is not only in our issue but there are a couple of other mines up the railway line that are also trying to ship bulk out of Darwin and we just, we're a small part of that," he said.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200407/s1156599.htm (213 words)

	Asia Times: Lobbying may tone down UN review of mandatory laws
		DARWIN - Australia could be let off the hook with regard to its controversial mandatory sentencing laws following intense diplomatic lobbying of the UN's human rights office by Australian officials.
		Looming on the horizon is a March 11 by-election in the seat of Port Darwin in the Northern Territory being fought on the divisive issue of mandatory sentencing - which over the past two years has seen children jailed for stealing biscuits and cans of beer.
		The boy from Groote Eylandt, 800 kilometers from Darwin, was the first person to die in custody in the Northern Territory while serving a mandatory sentence.
	www.atimes.com /oceania/BC08Ah01.html (987 words)

	Sue Carter MLA, Member for Port Darwin
		She came to Darwin in 1979 as a newly qualified nurse and worked at the old Darwin Hospital.
		In 1993 Sue became Convenor of the Northern Territory Women's Advisory Council to the Chief Minister, a job she held for 2 years, and is currently the Northern Territory representative on the National Breast Cancer Centre's Women's Advisory Network.
		Immediately prior to her election as the Member for Port Darwin Sue worked as an investigator for the Health and Community Services Complaints Commission investigating and assessing people's complaints about health providers and community service.
	pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/22266/20040928/www.clp.org.au/parliamentary%20wing/bios/carter_bio.htm (243 words)

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