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Groote Eylandt (Anindilyakwa: Ayangkidarrba; meaning "island" / ˈ ɡ r uː t ˌ aɪ l ə n d / [2]) is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria and the fourth largest island in Australia. It was named by the explorer Abel Tasman in 1644 and is Dutch for "Large Island" in archaic spelling.
In 1964, the Groote Eylandt Mining Company was given a lease over the island, in exchange for royalty payments to the Church Missionary Society. The first shipments of manganese ore left in 1966, and as of 2015, the mine was producing over 3 million tonnes of manganese a year, [8] over 15% of total world production. The mine was expected to ...
In 1964, the Groote Eylandt Mining Company was established and given a lease over the island for royalty payments to the Church Missionary Society. The CMS established the Groote Eylandt Aboriginal Trust Fund on 28 August 1969, where the mining company would pay the royalty money. [12] The population of Angurugu increased to 525 by 1971.
The Change at Groote is a 1968 Australian film which examined how the Anindilyakwa people of Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory, Australia, adjusted to the change in their lifestyle which resulted from the discovery of manganese on their land.
Australia Manganese (60% shareholding); GEMCO mine on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory [5]; Cannington Mine silver, lead and zinc mine, 200 km southeast of Mount Isa, Queensland [6]
MV Iron Baron (formerly MV Ocean Express and MV Irrawaddy) was a 37,557 dwt bulk carrier built in 1985. It was chartered by BHP Shipping in 1990.. On 10 July 1995 it was nearing the end of a voyage transporting 24,000 tonnes of manganese ore from Groote Eylandt via Port Kembla to the port of Bell Bay in northern Tasmania, Australia.
The male northern quoll, a small endangered marsupial, is walking so far and sleeping so little in its desperate search for sex that it may be causing its own early death, according to a study ...
Groote Eylandt Mining Company (GEMCO) established Alyangula as the residence for the mining company workers in the late 1960s. [6] The township was established under a special purpose lease between GEMCO, Anindilyakwa Land Council and the Anindilyakwa Land Trust. [7]