Arewa Maso Yammacin Ostiraliya

Arewa maso yamma, Arewa maso yamma Coast, da Arewa maso yammacin Ostiraliya, yawanci sunaye ne na yau da kullun na yankunan arewacin jihar Western Australia . Koyaya, wasu ra'ayoyi na "Arewa Yammacin Ostiraliya" sun haɗa da sassan da ke kusa da Arewacin Yankin (NT) – ko ma dukan NT (duba ƙasa).

Manyan tsibiran da ke bakin teku sun hada da tsibirin Barrow, tsibirin Monte Bello da Dampier Archipelago.

 Ma'anoni 
Duk yankin arewacin Kogin Murchison an nada shi Gundumar Arewa ta hanyar ka'idojin filaye da gwamnatin Mallaka ta Yammacin Ostiraliya ta bayyana a cikin 1862. Daga Fabrairu 1865, Gundumar Arewa ta kasance bisa hukuma ta wani mazaunin Gwamnati, Robert John Sholl, wanda aka fara tushe a Camden Harbor, sannan ya koma Roebourne a cikin Nuwamba 1865.

Yankin Arewa maso Yamma, wanda aka kirkira ta hanyar doka a cikin 1887, ya haɗa da yammacin Pilbara kawai, arewacin Gascoyne da wani ɓangare na Tsakiyar Yamma, amma ba Kimberley ba, don haka ban da yankuna da yawa galibi suna kewaye da sanannun ma'anar.

Dokokin Yammacin Ostiraliya, manufofin gwamnatin jiha da al'adun gargajiya wani lokaci suna haifar da keɓantawa ga yankin "arewa na 26th parallelle " (latitude 26° kudu). Misali, wani bugu na Ofishin yawon shakatawa na Gwamnatin Yammacin Australiya, Arewa maso Yamma na Yammacin Ostiraliya (1963), duka biyun suna amfani da layi na 26 a matsayin iyaka kuma suna zayyana ƙananan yankuna: Gascoyne, "De Gray da Fortescue", Kimberley da "Dry Interior".

Western Australian Government Tourist Bureau, 1963, The North West of Western Australia, Government of Western Australia, Perth, pp12–3.

Za a iya la'akari da yankuna biyu masu doka na Yammacin Ostiraliya, Pilbara da Kimberley  don ƙunshi madadin, sanannen ma'anar. (Ana ƙara Gascoyne sau da yawa a cikin waɗannan, kodayake ana iya la'akari da shi azaman ƙunshi wani ɓangare na "Babban Mid West").

A cikin shekarun 1960, wata ƙasida da Gwamnatin Jiha ta buga ta bayyana cewa: “Yankin yana iyaka da yamma da Tekun Indiya, a gabas kuma ya yi iyaka da yankin tsakiya, a arewa maso gabas da Pilbara, kuma a kudu yana iyaka da Arewa. Bangaren Noma. Ya rufe da yanki na  kuma tana da yawan jama'a kusan 10,000." Department of Industrial Development, 1970[?], The North West: Western Australia. Perth, Dept. of Industrial Development.

An sha ba da shawarar cewa yankin, shi kaɗai ko hade da yankin Arewa, ya kamata ya kafa sabuwar ƙasar Ostiraliya. Mafi kwanan nan mai goyon bayan irin wannan makirci shine dan majalisar tarayya Bob Katter, wanda ya ba da shawarar cewa irin wannan jihar ya kamata a kira "Arewa Western Australia".Broome should be part of Northern Territory, independent MP Bob Katter says The Australian, published: 27 August 2010, retrieved: 27 August 2010

 Yankin Yammacin Ostiraliya arewa maso yamma 
An ayyana arewa maso yamma sau da yawa a matsayin "iyaka", ko ma "iyakar karshe" a tarihin Yammacin Ostiraliya,Wilson, H. H. (Helen Helga) (1980), Cyclone coasts : Australia's north-west frontier, Rigby, ISBN 978-0-7270-1390-3 kuma a cikin jigilar iska a cikin 1920s da 1930s an sanya yankin a matsayin haka.Wixted, Edward P (1985), The North-west aerial frontier, 1919-1934 : some men, women and flying machines seen in north-west Australia in the pioneering period : international flights, round-Australia flights, and the completion of the Darwin air link to the eastern states, Boolarong Publications (published 1984), ISBN 978-0-908175-89-5

 Yankin Cyclone 
Yankin ya kuma sami suna a matsayin mai rauni ga guguwa na yau da kullun da barna, tare da tasiri kan ayyukan ma'adinai da mai. Symposium on the Impact of Tropical Cyclones on Oil and Mineral Development in North-west Australia (1975 : Perth, W.A.) (1976), Proceedings of the Symposium on the Impact of Tropical Cyclones on Oil and Mineral Development in North-west Australia, Aust. Govt. Pub. Service, ISBN 978-0-642-92785-9

 Majami'un Ikklisiya 
Ikklisiyar Anglican da Katolika suna da Geraldton a matsayin tushe na arewa maso yamma, ikklisiyar Anglican ta yi amfani da sunan Arewa maso Yamma, Anglican Church of Australia. Diocese of North West Australia (1900), Directory, The Diocese, retrieved 25 December 2015Doncaster, E. W. (Edward William) (1985), Spinifex saints : the Diocese of North West Australia, 1910-1985, Western Mount Publications, ISBN 978-0-9593354-4-6http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/159512353 yayin da diocese na Katolika an san shi da sunan garin. http://www.geraldtondiocese.org.au/

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