geo.wikisort.org - IslandThe Crocodile Islands are a group of islands belonging to the Yan-nhaŋu people of the Northern Territory of Australia. They are located off the coast of Arnhem Land in the Arafura Sea.
Archipelago of the Northern Territory, Australia
List of islands
Larger islands
- Milingimbi Island, in the local language Yurruwi, is the largest of the inner islands in the group
- Murrungga (Mooroongga), the largest of the outer Crocodile islands, and the birthplace of Laurie Baymarrwangga, the last fluent speaker of Yan-nhangu.
- Rapuma (Yabooma)
- Gananggananggarr (Gananggaringur)
- Nilpaywa (Crocodile Island).
Smaller islands
- Darbada.
- Boojiragi (Budjirriki)
- Mardanaingura.
- Northwest Crocodile (Gurriba)
- North-east Crocodile Islands (Brul-brul)
- North-west Crocodile Reef (Gununba No 1).
History
The islands were formed by stabilising sea levels 5000 years before present. They were discovered by the Dutch in the seventeenth century and named the Crocodils Eÿlandt. Several of the Crocodile Islands, with their associated mudflats, have been identified by BirdLife International as forming the Milingimbi Islands Important Bird Area (IBA) because they support large numbers of waders, or shorebirds. Murrungga Island has one of the most significant migratory bird nesting and breeding sites in the North of Australia. The enormous fresh water lakes of Garratha, Riyanhuna and Ganbuwa are home to hundreds of species of birds, as well as a large population of Saltwater Crocodiles, after which the islands are named.
Access
Access to the islands is restricted; before visiting, permission must be sought from the appropriate land council.
See also
Notes
Citations
Sources
- Baymarrwangga, Laurie; James and, Bentley; Lydon, Jane (2014). "'The Myalls' ultimatum': Photography and Yolgnu in Eastern Arhem Land, 1917". In Lydon, Jane (ed.). Calling the Shots: Aborigional Photographies. Aboriginal Studies Press. pp. 254–272. ISBN 978-1-922-05959-8.
- "IBA: Miligimbi Islands". Birdata. Birds Australia. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- James, Bentley (2009). Time and Tide: in the Crocodile Islands: Change and Continuity in Yan-hnaŋu Marine Identity (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). Australian National University.
- Marlow, Karina (11 November 2015). "Crocodile Islands documentary wins UN Media Peace Award". NITV.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Djinang (NT)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
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- Nova Hollandia / Nieuw Holland
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- European maritime exploration of Australia
- European land exploration of Australia
- Dutch mapping of Australasia
- Dutch mapping of the Australian continent
- Dutch mapping of the Australian mainland
- Dutch mapping of Nova Hollandia
- Dutch mapping of Tasmania
- Early modern Netherlandish cartography
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- Notes: 1with the name still in use in either original or Anglicised version
- 2Named by the Dutch, but a Portuguese name
- Many names have been Anglicised; for these the original Dutch name appears in brackets
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Le Crocodile Islands sono un gruppo di isole situate nel mare degli Arafura, lungo la costa della Terra di Arnhem, nel Territorio del Nord, in Australia. Le isole fanno parte della contea di East Arnhem. Sono terreni di proprietà del popolo aborigeno Yan-nhaŋu.
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