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Tanami
Tanami may refer to. Places * Tanami (IBRA region), a biogeographic region in Australia * Tanami, Northern Territory, a locality in Australia *Tanami Desert, a desert in Australia *Tanami Downs, a pastoral lease in Australia *Tanami Road __NOTOC__ The Tanami Road, also known as the Tanami Track, Tanami Highway, and the McGuire Track, is a road in Australia that runs between the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory and the Great Northern Highway in Western Australia. It is a ..., a road in Australia * Tanami Station, a railway station in Japan * Tanami Track, traverses the Tanami Desert in Australia People * Kōji Tanami, a Japanese banker Other uses * Tanami East, Northern Territory, a locality in Australia * North Tanami Band, a reggae/ska band * Tanami toadlet, a species of frog {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanami Desert
The Tanami Desert is a desert in northern Australia, situated in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It has a rocky terrain with small hills, and cacti. The Tanami was the Northern Territory's final frontier and was not fully explored by Australians of European descent until well into the twentieth century. It is traversed by the Tanami Track. The name ''Tanami'' is thought to be an anglicisation of the Warlpiri name for the area, "Chanamee", meaning "never die". This referred to certain rock holes in the desert which were said never to run dry. Under the name Tanami, the desert is classified as an interim Australian bioregion, comprising .IBRA Version 6.1 data Biological resources According to government commissions, the Tanami desert is uniquely "one of the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanami Road
__NOTOC__ The Tanami Road, also known as the Tanami Track, Tanami Highway, and the McGuire Track, is a road in Australia that runs between the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory and the Great Northern Highway in Western Australia. It is also known as State Route 5 in the Northern Territory. Its southern junction is north of Alice Springs and the northern junction is south-west of Halls Creek. It follows a cattle droving route northwest from the MacDonnell Ranges area of central Australia to Halls Creek in the Kimberley. The Tanami Road is the most direct route from Alice Springs to the Kimberley, passing through the Tanami Desert. Along its route are Yuendumu, the tiny community of Yuelamu, and The Granites gold mine owned by Newmont Mining. In the Northern Territory it passes through land owned by the Aboriginal Warlpiri people, and in Western Australia it passes through pastoral land. About 20% of the road is bitumen, the remainder is dirt and gravel and, although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanami Track
__NOTOC__ The Tanami Road, also known as the Tanami Track, Tanami Highway, and the McGuire Track, is a road in Australia that runs between the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory and the Great Northern Highway in Western Australia. It is also known as State Route 5 in the Northern Territory. Its southern junction is north of Alice Springs and the northern junction is south-west of Halls Creek. It follows a cattle droving route northwest from the MacDonnell Ranges area of central Australia to Halls Creek in the Kimberley. The Tanami Road is the most direct route from Alice Springs to the Kimberley, passing through the Tanami Desert. Along its route are Yuendumu, the tiny community of Yuelamu, and The Granites gold mine owned by Newmont Mining. In the Northern Territory it passes through land owned by the Aboriginal Warlpiri people, and in Western Australia it passes through pastoral land. About 20% of the road is bitumen, the remainder is dirt and gravel and, although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanami, Northern Territory
__NOTOC__ Tanami is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south of the territory capital of Darwin on the border with the state of Western Australia. The locality consists of the following land in the south-west portion of the Tanami Desert: #The following land along the Western Australian border (from north to south) - the Yingualyalya Aboriginal Land Trust, the Purta Aboriginal Land Trust, the Mount Frederick Aboriginal Land Trust, the Mount Frederick (No. 2) Aboriginal Land Trust, the Mangkururrpa Aboriginal Land Trust and the Yiningarra Aboriginal Land Trust. # the Suplejack pastoral lease and # the portion of the Central Desert Aboriginal Land Trust located to the immediate east of the above parcels of land. The word Tanami, which is believed to an Aboriginal word whose meaning is not known, was first used by the prospector, Alan Davidson, in 1889 or 1890. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. The Tanami Road passes throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanami East, Northern Territory
__NOTOC__ Tanami East is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south of the territory capital of Darwin. The locality consists of the following land in the north eastern portion of the Tanami Desert - the Karlantijpa North Aboriginal Land Trust, the Murranji Aboriginal Land Trust and the Murranji pastoral lease. It has an area of . Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. The Adelaide-Darwin Railway passes from south to north through parts of the eastern side of the locality. Tanami East includes the following places that have been listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register – the Murranji Track, the Murranji Track, Murranji Bore & Waterhole and the Murranji Track, No. 11 Bore. The 2016 Australian census The 2016 Australian census was the 17th national population census held in Australia. The census was officially conducted with effect on Tuesday, 9 August 2016. The total population of the Commonwealth of Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanami Downs
Tanami Downs (formerly Mongrel Downs) is an Indigenous Australian-owned cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia. Geography Tanami Downs station covers approximately of the Northern Territory, about north-west of Alice Springs. Tanami Downs lies within the Tanami bioregion of hot, dry country, in which the dominant vegetation is spinifex hummock grassland. Though drought-prone and semi-arid, Tanami Downs has some mountainous areas with permanent water, and its northern parts have plains suitable for cattle grazing. History and administration Indigenous ownership of Tanami Downs was recognised through the Tanami Downs Land Claim. The claim was lodged in June 1989, and the report under the '' Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976'' recognising the claim, was delivered in early 1992. Title to the land was officially handed to the traditional owners on 21 December 1992. The land is owned by the Mungkurrupa Land Trust, which represents the traditional owners, while th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanami Station
is a passenger railway station in located in the town of Kushimoto, Higashimuro District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Lines Tanami Station is served by the Kisei Main Line (Kinokuni Line), and is located 229.4 kilometers from the terminus of the line at Kameyama Station and 49.2 kilometers from . Station layout The station consists of one island platform connected to the station building by a footbridge. The station is unattended. Platforms Adjacent stations , - !colspan=5, West Japan Railway Company (JR West) History Koza Station opened on August 8, 1940. With the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987, the station came under the aegis of the West Japan Railway Company. Passenger statistics In fiscal 2019, the station was used by an average of 7 passengers daily (boarding passengers only). Surrounding Area * * Kushimoto Municipal Kushimoto Nishi Junior High School See also *List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanami (IBRA Region)
Tanami is an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, interim Australian bioregion, comprising in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. It is part of the Great Sandy-Tanami desert ecoregion. The bioregion has the code TAN. There are three subregions. See also *Geography of Australia References Further reading * Thackway, R and I D Cresswell (1995) ''An interim biogeographic regionalisation for Australia : a framework for setting priorities in the National Reserves System Cooperative Program'' Version 4.0 Canberra : Australian Nature Conservation Agency, Reserve Systems Unit, 1995. {{Northern Territory IBRA regions Biogeography of Western Australia Biogeography of the Northern Territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kōji Tanami
is the Governor of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. He is a candidate to become the Governor of the Bank of Japan The is the central bank of Japan.Louis Frédéric, Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric. (2005). "Nihon Ginkō" in The bank is often called for short. It has its headquarters in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo. History Like most modern Japanese instituti .... Sources This article incorporates material in 田波耕治 (''Tanami Kōji'') in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on March 18, 2008. External linksJapan Bank for International Cooperation 1939 births Living people People from Tokyo {{Japan-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Tanami Band
North Tanami Band are a reggae/ska band from Lajamanu, a town located about 600 km to the north of Yuendumu. The members are Warlpiri and their songs are sung in Warlpiri and English. They were the subjects of the documentary ''The Traveling Warlpiris'' (1992). Discography Albums * ''Warlpiri Warlpiri people'' (1990) - CAAMA The Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) is an organisation founded in 1980 to expose Aboriginal music and culture to the rest of Australia. It started with 8KIN-FM, the first Aboriginal radio station in the country. Based in A ... Music * ''Travelling Warlpiri'' (1995) - CAAMA Music * ''Warlpiri Tribe'' (2005) - CAAMA Music * ''This Land'' - CAAMA Music * ''Land is our Life'' (2003) - CAAMA Music Our land is our life References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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