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Gagudju Crocodile Hotel
The Gagudju Crocodile Hotel, also known as Kakadu Crocodile Hotel or just the Croc Hotel is a Hotel rating#Australia, 3.5 star hotel located in Jabiru, Northern Territory, within Australia's Kakadu National Park. Owned by the Indigenous Australians, Indigenous clans of the Gaagudju people, it was the first major tourism development in the National Park and is notable for its unique design in the shape of a crocodile. Since 2014, the hotel has been operated by the Accor group under the Mercure (hotel), Mecure brand. History Following the declaration of Kakadu as a National Park in 1979, the township of Jabiru was established as a closed community to house workers at the Ranger Uranium Mine. The Park's second management plan in 1986 recognised the potential for the town's role to be expanded as a service centre to support tourism related development in consultation with traditional land owners. The Gagudju Association, representing Aboriginal clans from the Kakadu area, submitted p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jabiru, Northern Territory
Jabiru is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Built in 1982, the town is completely surrounded by Kakadu National Park. At the 2016 census, Jabiru had a population of 1,081. It is named after the black-necked stork often seen in the wetlands and billabongs of Kakadu, which is commonly referred to in Australia as a Jabiru (not to be confused with the stork native to South and Central America). History and governance A township in the Alligator Rivers region of Arnhem Land was first proposed in the early 1970s to support a rapid growth in tourism following the construction of the Arnhem Highway. A view expressed by some witnesses before the Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry was that the development of the Ranger Uranium Mine and its supporting infrastructure would also support growth in the tourism industry. A new town could be established as a regional service centre, providing both homes for workers at the mine and tourist accommodation for visitors to the pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
