Place Names Register Extract

Groote Eylandt

Extract date: 07/06/2026

Name	Groote Eylandt
Type Designation	Island
Place Id	13307
Place Type	Feature
Status	Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -13° 55' S (Decimal degrees -13.9333)
	Longitude: 136° 36' E (Decimal degrees 136.6)
Locality / Suburb
	Anindilyakwa
Local Government Area
	East Arnhem Shire Council
History/Origin	Ingleton in 1988 states (Page 216) that - "Flinders correctly supposed this to be Tasman's "Groote Eylandt" shown on the old Dutch charts. He retained Tasman's name and the Dutch spelling is still used on the modern charts". The Cambridge Dictionary of Place Names in Australia quotes Groote Eylandt as - "an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria named by Abel Tasman in 1644". The island is the home for the Anindilyakwa Aboriginal people, who live at two major settlements of Umbakumba and Angurugu.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
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