Dec 21, 2020
The community is nestled on the edge of Lake Evella in North East Arnhem Land, and 420km West of Nhulunbuy. Gapuwiyak has a population of 900 people today, and was established in the late 1960s by the Methodist missionaries to supply timber for missions in the region.... Dec 21, 2020
Gunyaŋara (also known as Ski Beach) has a population of 280 people (2016 Census). It is located on an island off the Drimmie Peninsula in Melville Bay, and joined to the mainland by a causeway 15km south-west of Nhulunbuy township. Galarrwuy Yunupingu, Australian of... Dec 21, 2020
Located on the Gove Peninsula and only 18 kilometres south of Nhulunbuy, Yirrkala was established by the Methodist Church of Australia in 1935. The community became well known in 1963 when the Yolŋu traditional landowners sent a bark petition to the Australian... Dec 21, 2020
Nhulunbuy was established in 1964 when a bauxite mine and deep-water port were built. Nhulunbuy is situated beside the Arafura Sea on the Gove Peninsula of North-East Arnhem Land. Today, with a population of 3,274 (2016 Census) it is the fourth largest township in the...