Chandigarh is a city and union territory in India that serves as the capital of two states‚ Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is derived from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir‚ devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi‚ near the city.[3] The city of Chandigarh was the first planned city in India post independence in 1947 (pre-independence planned cities include Dispur in Assam‚ New Delhi in Delhi‚ Jaipur in Rajasthan‚ etc.) and is known internationally
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young children. Area’s Affected by Cane Toads In 1935 Australia’s first cane toads were released in areas around Cairns‚ Gordonvale and Innisfail in northern Queensland. More toads were freed around Ingham‚ Ayr‚ Mackay and Bundaberg. Cane toads have spread rapidly through southern Queensland‚ New South Wales and up into Northern Territory. They have even been recently spotted along the border of Western Australia. (Refer back to figure 1)There are now numbers over 200 million in population and
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traditional indigenous Australian artists are painting their spirituality‚ by expressing their connection to the land through signs‚ symbols and their world. Nellie Nakamarra Marks is a traditional indigenous artist‚ from the east of Kintore in the Northern Territory. In her work Kalipinypa‚ there is no set pattern and everything is connected which suggests her spiritualty and connection with the land. Her use of the traditional form of dot painting for her particular area of the Central
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joined and supporters from across Victoria and Queensland joined to keep the fight going. The Beach umbrella was replaced with tents. On February 5th‚ 1972‚ The Aboriginals filed a petition demanding; Full Aboriginal control and ownership of the Northern Territory; ownership of all reserves and some city areas across Australia; Preservation of all sacred lands and ownership of mineral rights; Payment of $6 billion and a percentage of the yearly gross national income. The government was taken aback by
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A Northern Territory motorist is lucky to be alive after his 4WD was crushed by a fully-laden freight train early this morning. Police said the north-bound freight train struck the Toyota Hilux near Katherine about 1am. Katherine Police Commander Bruce Porter said the driver was forced to abandon his vehicle when it became stuck as he tried to cross the railway track just north of town. “There is no rail crossing at this location and the vehicle has become stuck on the lines‚” he said.
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time of the year when the entire landmass is safe from the potential danger of bushfire. The fire season in different regions of Australia depends primarily on latitude. At the ’top end’ of the country‚ extending north of Tenant Creek in the Northern Territory up
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Natural resources are the wealth supplied bynature that is available for human use. Naturalresources include water‚ soil‚ forests‚ fish‚ energyand mineral deposits‚ and wildlife and naturalscenery. Australia has a greater value of naturalresources per head of population than any othercountry in the world. The main reason is that wehave a small population in a very large country. The United States and China‚ for example‚ are farbetter endowed with natural resources than Australia‚but they have much
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Health inequities are preventable‚ socially produced disparities in the health of groups of people that are systematic in their unequal and unfair distribution across the population (1). This is unlike the similar and often inaccurately substituted word “inequality” which merely refers to the uneven distribution of health status or health resources. Equitable health care ensures equal access and utilisation of services for equal need. To achieve this it must be recognised that different populations
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland General Information The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland known as the United Kingdom‚ the UK or Britain is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain‚ the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state - the Republic
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Mining law in the Northern Territory is unique. To take into account the variation in land ownership‚ the NT Government has through the Mineral titles Act developed a legal process to ratinalise a wide range of mining tenements by converting these titles so that they can be more actively explored. The Northern Territory Government recognises that the private sector is the most able developer of mineral resources‚ and hence through the Mineral Titles Act allows the private sector and open access
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