Nhulunbuy
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Nhulunbuy, also formerly known as Gove, is a town and locality in the far north of the Northern Territory of Australia. Founded on the Gove Peninsula in north-east Arnhem Land when a bauxite mine and
The old airport terminal at Gove Airport
Alumina plant at Nhulunbuy, June 2000
Yirrkala
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Yirrkala is a small community in East Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia, 18 kilometres southeast of the large mining town of Nhulunbuy, on the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land. It is known for
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…for a bauxite mine and alumina refinery, to be developed by the Gove Bauxite Corporation, a French-owned company known as GOMINCO. The Yolŋu people at Yirrkala were upset at not having been consulted about the excising of their land, and forwarded two petitions, known as the Yirrkala bark petitions because…
A bark painting collected at Yirrkala
A woodcarving of Nureri the fire ancestor collected at Yirrkala
A woodcarving of female spirit collected at Yirrkala
One of the Wurrwurrwuy stone arrangements