Nhulunbuy

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locality in Australia mining town town

Nhulunbuy is a remote mining town on the Gove Peninsula in northeastern Arnhem Land, known for its bauxite industry and strong Yolngu Aboriginal cultural presence.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Yirrkala 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf locality in Australia ⓘ
mining town ⓘ
town ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distanceTo about 1000 km east of Darwin ⓘ
about 700 km west of Cairns (across Gulf of Carpentaria) ⓘ
governingBody Northern Territory Government ⓘ
hasAboriginalCorporation Gumatj Corporation ⓘ
Rirratjingu Aboriginal Corporation ⓘ
hasAboriginalLandCouncil Northern Land Council ⓘ
hasAirport Gove Airport ⓘ
hasCulturalEvent Garma Festival (nearby at Gulkula) ⓘ
hasEducationalFacility Nhulunbuy High School ⓘ
Nhulunbuy Primary School ⓘ
hasHealthFacility Nhulunbuy Regional Hospital ⓘ
hasIndustry alumina processing ⓘ
bauxite mining ⓘ
hasPort Gove Harbour ⓘ
hasSeason dry season ⓘ
wet season ⓘ
knownFor Yolngu Aboriginal culture ⓘ
bauxite industry ⓘ
remoteness ⓘ
localGovernmentArea Darwin region ⓘ
surface form: East Arnhem Region
locatedIn Arnhem Land ⓘ
Northern Territory ⓘ
surface form: Far North Northern Territory

Gove Peninsula ⓘ
Top End ⓘ
northeastern Arnhem Land ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Gulf of Carpentaria ⓘ
mainAccessMode 4WD road ⓘ
air ⓘ
nearbyCommunity Gunyangara (Ski Beach) ⓘ
Yirrkala ⓘ
nearbyMine Gove bauxite mine ⓘ
nearbyRefinery Gove alumina refinery ⓘ
postcode 0880 ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity mining ⓘ
port operations ⓘ
service centre for East Arnhem region ⓘ
region Arnhem Land ⓘ
surface form: East Arnhem Land
roadAccess Stuart Highway ⓘ
surface form: Stuart Highway via Central Arnhem Road (unsealed for long stretches)
stateOrTerritory Northern Territory ⓘ
timezone Australian Central Standard Time ⓘ
traditionalLanguageRegion Yolngu Matha ⓘ
traditionalOwners Yolngu people NERFINISHED ⓘ
utcOffset +09:30 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arnhem Land → hasLargestTown → Nhulunbuy ⓘ
Gulf of Carpentaria → hasPort → Nhulunbuy ⓘ
Northern Territory → hasTown → Nhulunbuy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yirrkala