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Burnett House (Darwin, Northern Territory)
Burnett House is a historic building that forms part of the Myilly Point Precinct in Darwin, Northern Territory. It is the only remaining two storey house designed by architect Beni Burnett. It is managed by the National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory). History Burnett House was built in 1938. It was designed by Beni Burnett, Architect Grade One in the Works and Services Branch of the Department of the Interior. It was one of several houses for senior public servants and military personnel. Burnett House survived the Bombing of Darwin during World War II. Two bullet holes are visible in the front fence and fragments of a bomb were also found in the garden years later The dwelling was heritage listed as part of the Myilly Point Precinct in 1994. In 1999, the National Trust of Australia (Northern Territory) announced its intention to buy Burnett House and the adjacent property known as Mines House. It was reported that the Commonwealth Government had offered both prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnett House At Myilly Point In The Darwin Suburb Larrakeyah (1)
Burnett may refer to: Places ;Antarctica *Burnett Island, an island in the Swain Islands ;Australia *Burnett County, New South Wales, a cadastral division * The Burnett River in Queensland * Burnett Heads, Queensland * Shire of Burnett, a former local government area in Queensland * Electoral district of Burnett, Queensland, Australia ;Canada * Burnett Bay, Northwest Territoes * Burnett Inlet, Nunavut ;United Kingdom * Burnett, Somerset, England ;United States *Burnett, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Burnett, Indiana, an unincorporated town *Burnett, Minnesota, an unincorporated community *Burnett, Washington, an unincorporated community * Burnett, Wisconsin, a town * Burnett (CDP), Wisconsin, an unincorporated census-designated place * Burnett County, Wisconsin * Burnett Township (other) People *Burnett (surname), people whose last name is ''Burnett'' * Clan Burnett, a Scottish clan * Burnett Baronets, one Nova Scotia baronetcy and one UK baronetcy Other u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darwin, Northern Territory
Darwin ( ; Larrakia: ) is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. With an estimated population of 147,255 as of 2019, the city contains the majority of the residents of the sparsely populated Northern Territory. It is the smallest, wettest, and most northerly of the Australian capital cities and serves as the Top End's regional centre. Darwin's proximity to Southeast Asia makes the city's location a key link between Australia and countries such as Indonesia and East Timor. The Stuart Highway begins in Darwin, extends southerly across central Australia through Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, concluding in Port Augusta, South Australia. The city is built upon a low bluff overlooking Darwin Harbour. Darwin's suburbs begin at Lee Point in the north and stretch to Berrimah in the east. The Stuart Highway extends to Darwin's eastern satellite city of Palmerston and its suburbs. The Darwin region, like much of the Top End, experiences a tropical climate with a wet a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beni Burnett
Beni Carr Glyn Burnett (1889–1955) was the Commonwealth principal architect for the Northern Territory of Australia. He designed many well-known heritage buildings in both Darwin and Alice Springs. He is known for designing innovative, climate-appropriate buildings. Early life Burnett was born in Pao T'eo, Shansi Province of China, on 16 June 1889. The son of missionaries (his father from the Isle of Wight, England, his mother from Cardigan, Wales), he spent part of his youth at the China Inland Mission School in Chefoo. At 15 years of age, he began work with the architectural firm Smedly and Denham in Shanghai. He went on to work in Singapore, Japan and China. Some of this buildings are thought to be influenced by the colonial architecture of Malaysia and Singapore. He married Florence Mary Draper-Bentley in Shanghai on 8 December 1914. After separating in 1934, Burnett moved to Australia. His wife and two children moved to Scotland. He was known to say that he was "the happie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Trust Of Australia (Northern Territory)
The National Trust of Australia, officially the Australian Council of National Trusts (ACNT), is the Australian national peak body for community-based, non-government non-profit organisations committed to promoting and conserving Australia's Indigenous, natural and historic heritage. The umbrella body was incorporated in 1965, with member organisations in every state and territory of Australia. History Modelled on the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty and inspired by local campaigns to conserve native bushland and preserve old buildings, the first Australian National Trusts were formed in New South Wales in 1945, South Australia in 1955 and Victoria in 1956; followed later in Western Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. The two Territory Trusts were the last to be founded, in 1976 (see below). The driving force behind the establishment of the National Trust in Australia was Annie Forsyth Wyatt (1885–1961). She lived for much of her life in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombing Of Darwin
The Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin, on 19 February 1942 was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia. On that day, 242 Japanese aircraft, in two separate raids, attacked the town, ships in Darwin's harbour and the town's two airfields in an attempt to prevent the Allies from using them as bases to contest the invasion of Timor and Java during World War II. Darwin was lightly defended relative to the size of the attack, and the Japanese inflicted heavy losses upon Allied forces at little cost to themselves. The urban areas of Darwin also suffered some damage from the raids and there were a number of civilian casualties. More than half of Darwin's civilian population left the area permanently, before or immediately after the attack. The two Japanese air raids were the first, and largest, of more than 100 air raids against Australia during 1942–1943. The event happened just four days after the Fall of Singapore, when a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Scullion
Nigel Gregory Scullion (born 4 May 1956) is a former Australian politician who was a Australian Senate, Senator for the Northern Territory from 2001 to 2019. He was a member of the Country Liberal Party (CLP) and sat with the National Party of Australia, National Party in federal parliament. He held ministerial office under four prime ministers. Scullion was a professional fisherman prior to entering politics. He was first elected to the Senate at the 2001 Australian federal election, 2001 federal election, and briefly served as Minister for Families and Social Services, Minister for Community Services in the Howard Government in 2007. He was deputy leader of the National Party from 2007 to 2013, the first senator to hold the position, and served two terms as the party's Senate leader (2007–2008 and 2013–2019). In 2013, Scullion was appointed Minister for Indigenous Affairs (Australia), Minister for Indigenous Affairs in the Abbott Government. He held the same position in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Territory News
The ''Northern Territory News'' (also known and branded as the ''NT News'') is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Owned by News Corp Australia, it is published every week from Monday to Saturday. It primarily serves Darwin and the rest of the Northern Territory and it covers local, national, and world news as well as sports and business. The paper currently has a Monday to Friday readership average of 44,000, reaching an average of 32,000 on Saturdays. News Corp Australia also publishes its local Sunday counterpart, ''The Sunday Territorian'', which is also available throughout Darwin and the Northern Territory, its online regional NT newspaper, the ''Centralian Advocate'', as well as free weekly community newspapers (since December 2008) under the banner of ''Sun Newspapers'' (delivered in Darwin, Palmerston, and Litchfield). The paper has become well known around Australia for its front-page headlines, with then-Deputy Editor Paul Dyer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnett House At Myilly Point In The Darwin Suburb Larrakeyah (2)
Burnett may refer to: Places ;Antarctica *Burnett Island, an island in the Swain Islands ;Australia *Burnett County, New South Wales, a cadastral division * The Burnett River in Queensland * Burnett Heads, Queensland * Shire of Burnett, a former local government area in Queensland * Electoral district of Burnett, Queensland, Australia ;Canada * Burnett Bay, Northwest Territoes * Burnett Inlet, Nunavut ;United Kingdom * Burnett, Somerset, England ;United States *Burnett, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Burnett, Indiana, an unincorporated town *Burnett, Minnesota, an unincorporated community *Burnett, Washington, an unincorporated community * Burnett, Wisconsin, a town * Burnett (CDP), Wisconsin, an unincorporated census-designated place * Burnett County, Wisconsin * Burnett Township (other) People *Burnett (surname), people whose last name is ''Burnett'' * Clan Burnett, a Scottish clan * Burnett Baronets, one Nova Scotia baronetcy and one UK baronetcy Other u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asbestos
Asbestos () is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral. There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre being composed of many microscopic "fibrils" that can be released into the atmosphere by abrasion and other processes. Inhalation of asbestos fibres can lead to various dangerous lung conditions, including mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer, so it is now notorious as a serious health and safety hazard. Archaeological studies have found evidence of asbestos being used as far back as the Stone Age to strengthen ceramic pots, but large-scale mining began at the end of the 19th century when manufacturers and builders began using asbestos for its desirable physical properties. Asbestos is an excellent electrical insulator and is highly fire-resistant, so for much of the 20th century it was very commonly used across the world as a building material, until its adverse effects on human health were more widely acknowledged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures In Darwin, Northern Territory
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Territory Heritage Register
The Northern Territory Heritage Register is a heritage register, being a statutory list of places in the Northern Territory of Australia that are protected by the Northern Territory statute, the ''Heritage Act 2011''. The register is maintained by the Northern Territory Heritage Council. Other registers Sites within the Northern Territory are listed on national and international heritage registers such as the following, are not duplicated in the Northern Territory Heritage Register: * UNESCO World Heritage list * Australian National Heritage list * Commonwealth Heritage list * Australian National Shipwreck database __NOTOC__ The Australasian Underwater Cultural Heritage Database (AUCHD) is an online, searchable database containing data on shipwrecks, aircraft that have been submerged underwater or wrecked on the shore, and other artefacts of cultural sig ... References External links * (, last amended 1 May 2016.) * – Searchable database. {{Heritage registers of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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