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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]
Cassius, the world’s largest saltwater crocodile in captivity, has died.The 18ft Australian crocodile, who lived on Green Island in the Great Barrier Reef, was thought to be more than 110 years old.
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 film earned ¥1.53 million on its first day of release on 4 February 2020, topping other web films. By its second day of release, it has earned ¥3 million. [1] By its fifth day of release, it has reached a gross ¥8 million, recuperating its budget. [4] After playing for seven days, the film had reached the ¥10 million mark. [5]
The Nhangu language (Nhaŋu), also Yan-nhaŋu (Jarnango) is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Yan-nhaŋu people, inhabitants of the Crocodile Islands off the coast of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia. [4]
Central Island is composed of more than a dozen craters and cones, three of which are filled by small lakes. The two largest lakes partially fill craters up to a kilometre wide and about 80 m deep, the floors of which are near sea level. The highest point on the dominantly basaltic island reaches 550 m, about 190 m above the lake surface. An E ...