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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 mudflats , have been identified by BirdLife International as forming the Milingimbi Islands Important Bird Area (IBA ...
The Crocodile Islands Maringa IPA was declared in 2023. [3] The area consists of mangroves, mudflats, coastal floodplains, monsoon forests, eucalypt forests, shallow seas and reefs that are home to 44 threatened species [4] and some of northern Australia's biggest aggregations of shorebirds, including great knots. [1]
Laurie Baymarrwangga (Gawany) Baymarrwaŋa (c. 1917 – 20 August 2014) was the senior Aboriginal traditional owner of the Malarra estate, which includes Galiwin'ku, Dalmana, Murruŋga, Brul-brul and the Ganatjirri Maramba salt water surrounding the islands and inclusive of some 300 other named sites. [1]
Northern Territory senior Australian of the Year 2012, Laurie Baymarrwangga, was the senior djungaya (manager) of Milingimbi Island. She was awarded the 2011 Northern Territory Innovation and Research Award for her projects, including the development of a Yan-nhaŋu Dictionary (1994–2012) and her work with the Crocodile Islands Rangers.
The Ōrewa River begins as a freshwater river flowing east through the Hibiscus Coast area. As it reaches the Hauraki Gulf, the river forms a shallow estuary. [1] [2] The river has one major tributary, the Waterloo Creek, [3] and has an island in the river estuary, Te Motu-o-Marae-Ariki, also known as Crocodile Island.
The Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center (PWRCC) was established on August 20, 1987, as the Crocodile Farming Institute (CFI). A joint venture of the Philippine government's Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the CFI is intended to facilitate the sustainable conservation of the Philippine crocodile and Saltwater ...
Sometime after 1600 the annual arrival of Maccassan sailors harvesting trepang (bech de mer) changed the timings and patterns of Yan-nhangu people's seasonal movements around the Crocodile Islands. The arrival of the Methodist mission to the island of Milingimbi in 1922 attracted large numbers of eastern of kin to settle permanently on the Yan ...
B. formidabilis is particularly well-known, represented by the remains of many individuals from the Wannagan Creek site in North Dakota. [4] An indeterminate species is known from the Late Cretaceous Demopolis Chalk in Alabama. [5] Borealosuchus was a mid-sized crocodyliform, with B. wilsoni measuring approximately 3.2–4.5 metres (10–15 ft ...