What is the population of Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory?

Nhulunbuy has a population of approximately 3,267 according to the latest available open data.

Where is Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory located?

Nhulunbuy is located in Northern Territory, Australia, at approximate coordinates -12.1804°, 136.7760°.

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Nhulunbuy

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Total population

3,267

Elevation48 m

Land area7.12 km²

Coordinates-12.18°, 136.78°

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Elevation

48 m

Area

7.12 km²

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Overview

Nhulunbuy, also formerly known as Gove, is a town and locality in the far north of the Northern Territory of Australia. Founded on the Gove Peninsula in north-east Arnhem Land when a bauxite mine and deep water port were established in the late 1960s, the town's economy largely revolved around its alumina refinery until it closed in May 2014. The town is a private mining town residing on Aboriginal-owned land.

History & geography

History

This area in Northeast Arnhem Land has been home to various Yolŋu clans of Aboriginal people for at least 40,000 years. Matthew Flinders, in his circumnavigation of Australia in 1803, met the Macassan trading fleet near present-day Nhulunbuy, an encounter that led to the establishment of settlements on Melville Island and the Cobourg Peninsula. A beach close to the township is named Macassan Beach in commemoration of this encounter. Flinders also named the highest rise on the low-lying escarpment, a flat-topped hill rising to , Mount Saunders. This hill was a sacred site for the Rirratjingu clan of Yolŋu people, who already had a name for it – Nhulun. The site had been assigned to Wandjuk Marika by his father, the respected elder Mawalan Marika. Flinders named it Mt Saunders after Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville. Flinders also gave names to various other nearby features after the same man, including Mount Dundas, Melville Isle (renamed Bremer Island in 1934), and Melville Bay (which now includes Gove Harbour). Exploration of bauxite reserves in the area began in 1955. a French-owned company known as GOMINCO. The Yolŋu people at Yirrkala were upset at not having been consulted about the excising of their land, and forwarded two petitions, known as the Yirrkala bark petitions because they were mounted on bark, to the Australian House of Representatives. in 1968 the Gove Agreement was negotiated between the Commonwealth Government and the North Australian Bauxite and Alumina Company (Nabalco), which gave Nabalco the rights to establish the mine and refinery. In 1969, Nabalco assigned its interests in the agreement to the Gove Joint Venture Participants (Swiss Aluminium and Gove Aluminium Ltd.), and the government granted a Special Mineral Lease (SML 11)…