Gove Peninsula (N.T.)
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Name (Latin)
Gove Peninsula (N.T.)
Coordinates
E1364900 E1364900 S0122000 S0122000 (geonet )
See Also From tracing topical name
Peninsulas Australia
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q3298088
Library of congress:
sh2003007689
Sources of Information
- GEOnet, July 21, 2003(Gove Peninsula, pen, 12⁰20ʹ00ʺS 136⁰49ʹ00ʺE, Northern Territory)
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GoveBauxitePlant
Glen Dillon, CC BY 3.0
Wikipedia description:
The Gove Peninsula is at the northeastern corner of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. The peninsula became strategically important during World War II when a Royal Australian Air Force base was constructed at what is now Gove Airport. The peninsula was involved in a famous court case known as the Gove land rights case, when local Yolngu people tried to claim native title over their traditional lands in 1971, after the Australian Government had granted a mineral lease to a bauxite mining company without consulting the local peoples. Today the land is owned by the Yolngu people.
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