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Groote Eylandt

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Groote Eylandt (grt ī`lənd) [Du.,=large island], 950 sq mi (2,461 sq km), Northern Territory, N Australia. It is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria and part of the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Reserve. Manganese ore is mined there.


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Nurses Who left the remote community of Groote Eylandt following a violent incident at a clinic have returned to work.
Groote nurses return by Australian Nursing Journal
I have glimpsed this myself over thirty years revisiting the Aboriginal peoples of Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Island, enough to know that once you have seen through "Aboriginal" eyes, you see wherever y ou happen to be -- the outback of Australia, my home in the Ottawa valley of Canada -- and understand that theirs is a vision that transcends time, place and culture.
Belonging: Australians, place and aboriginal ownership. (Book reviews) by Turner, David H. / Pacific Affairs
17, 1998--The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited ("BHP") today signed and completed an agreement with Billiton Plc for the sale of the shares of Groote Eylandt Mining Company Pty Ltd ("GEMCO") and Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Company Pty Ltd ("TEMCO").
BHP Manganese Sale by Business Wire
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