Angurugu, Northern Territory
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Angurugu is a community located on Groote Eylandt
in the Northern Territory
, Australia
, just off the mainland. The main languages spoken there are Anindilyakwa, an Australian Aboriginal language, and English
. A permit is required before travelling to Angurugu.
Groote Eylandt
Groote Eylandt is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northeastern Australia. It is the homeland of, and is owned by, the Anindilyakwa people who speak the isolated Anindilyakwa language)....
in the Northern Territory
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, just off the mainland. The main languages spoken there are Anindilyakwa, an Australian Aboriginal language, and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. A permit is required before travelling to Angurugu.