Crocodile Islands

Coordinates: 11°56′02″S 135°04′41″E / 11.934°S 135.078°E / -11.934; 135.078
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Crocodile Islands
Crocodile Islands is located in Northern Territory
Crocodile Islands
Crocodile Islands
Geography
LocationOff Arnhem Land, in the Arafura Sea
Coordinates11°56′02″S 135°04′41″E / 11.934°S 135.078°E / -11.934; 135.078
Administration
Australia
StateNorthern Territory

The 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.

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.[1]
  • 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

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. .
  • "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.
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