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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 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.
South32 Limited is a mining and metals company headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. ... GEMCO mine on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory [5]
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]
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 ...
The Sunday Times claimed that a five-month investigation revealed that the duchies are making millions by "charging government departments, councils, businesses, mining companies and the general ...
The good news for the milkvetch plant is that they usually need wildfire to sprout — meaning dormant seeds now have a massive new habitat for a new crop of the rare shrub.
Groote Eylandt Airport (IATA: GTE, ICAO: YGTE) is an airport serving Groote Eylandt, [1] an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in Northern Territory, Australia. The airport is operated by the Groote Eylandt Mining Co. [ 1 ] and is located north of the community of Angurugu .