What is Northern Territory?
{{Infobox settlement |name = Northern Territory |settlement_type = [[States and territories of Australia|Territory]] |image_flag = Flag of the Northern Territory.svg |image_seal = Northern Territory Coat of Arms.svg |image_map = Northern_Territory_in_Australia.svg |map_caption = Northern Territory in Australia |seat_type = Capital |seat = [[Darwin, Australia|Darwin]] |coordinates = {{Coord|20|S|133|E|display=inline,title}} }} The '''Northern Territory''' is a [[States and territories of Australia|territory]] of [[Australia]]. The capital city is [[Darwin, Australia|Darwin]]. Other large towns in the Territory include [[Alice Springs, Northern Territory|Alice Springs]], [[Katherine, Northern Territory|Katherine]] and [[Tennant Creek, Northern Territory|Tennant Creek]]. The Northern Territory has large areas of [[desert]]. It has many important places such as ''[[Uluru]]'', or ''Ayers Rock''. The rock is sacred to the [[Indigenous Australians|native people]]. [[Kakadu National Park]] is a [[World Heritage Site|World Heritage]] area. It has been lived in for more than 40,000 years. There are cave paintings, rock carvings and archaeological sites. These show the skills and way of life of the people who have lived there. The park has different [[ecosystem]]s, including tidal flats, [[floodplains]], lowlands and rocky gorges. It provides a place to live for a wide range of rare types of plants and animals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/147 |title=Kakdu World Heritage Area |accessdate=2008-12-13 |format= |work= Unesco}}</ref> == Floral Emblem == [[File:Sturts Desert Rose.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Gossypium sturtianum, Sturt's Desert Rose]] [[File:Flag of the Northern Territory.svg|thumb|220px|right|NT Flag with the Desert Rose]] The floral emblem of the Northern Territory is Sturt's Desert Rose, [[Gossypium sturtianum]].<ref name=nt>{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/emblems/nt.emblem.html |title=Floral Emblem of Northern Territory |accessdate=2008-12-13 |format= |work= Australian National Botani