Place Names Register Extract
Groote Eylandt
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Groote Eylandt |
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| 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) | |
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| 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
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