Vanderlin Island is an island in the
Gulf of Carpentaria
The Gulf of Carpentaria (, ) is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the eastern Arafura Sea (the body of water that lies between Australia and New Guinea). The northern boundary is ...
,
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
, Australia. It is the largest island in the
Sir Edward Pellew Group
The Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands is situated in the south-west corner of the Gulf of Carpentaria, off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia.
History
They were named in 1802 by Matthew Flinders in honour of Sir Edward Pellew, ...
. Its area is . The island is part of the
traditional lands of the
Walu people
The Walu were an indigenous Australian people of the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory.
Country
The Walu were the native inhabitants of Vanderlin Island, covering an area which, in Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 Oct ...
.
The only settlements on the island are four
family outstations along the west coast. They are, from north to south:
*Mooloowa
*Babungi
*Yulbara
*Uguie
Exact population figures are not known, but family outstations are typically four to six people, which results in a population of approximately 20 for the whole island. In 2019 only one family (Smith) of five persons lives on Vanderlin Island.
Illustrations
Vanderlin Island TEPI.png, Landsat
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image of Vanderlin Island
00-412 Vanderlin Island ANU map.png, Sketch map of Vanderlin Island
See also
*
List of islands of Australia
This is a list of selected Australian islands grouped by State or Territory. Australia has 8,222 islands within its maritime borders.
Largest islands
The islands larger than are:
* Tasmania (Tas) ;
* Melville Island, Northern Territory (NT ...
References
Islands of the Northern Territory
Gulf of Carpentaria
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