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Groote Eylandt

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Groote Eylandt

Island off the east coast of Northern Territory, Australia. It lies in the Gulf of Carpentaria, and is part of the Arnhem Land Aboriginal reserve; area 2,260 sq km/872 sq mi. The main settlement is Alyangula; population (1996) 1,231. The island produces 2 million tonnes of manganese annually, 10 % of the world's total production.

Groote Eylandt was named by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1644. In 1979 the Aboriginal community became a self-governing Aboriginal Town Council. Entry to the island is only possible after permission has been obtained from the local Land Council.
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The study looked at two communities: one on the edge of the Tanami Desert northwest of Alice Springs whose language is Warlpiri; the other on Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria, where the local language is Anindilyakwa.
Aboriginal children 'can count without numbers' by AFP / AFP Global Edition
The body of 37-year-old Russell Harris was discovered on Sunday in a creek on the island of Groote Eylandt, after he vanished while snorkelling with a friend a day earlier.
British snorkeller was killed by croc by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Russell Harris, 37, was swimming with a friend on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory when he was snatched by the croc.
CROC EATS BRIT DIVER; HORROR OF ATTACK BY 12FT BEAST IN OZ by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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