Gapuwiyak, Northern Territory
Encyclopedia
Gapuwiyak is an Australia
n Aboriginal
community located in north-eastern Arnhem Land
, Northern Territory
, 25 km south of the head of Buckingham Bay
and about the same distance south-west of Arnhem Bay. It is adjacent to Lake Evella. The lake was seen by Harold Shepherdson from his aeroplane the Miles Hawk in 1935 and he named it Lake Evella after his wife Ella and Evelyn the wife of a fellow missionary Rev. T.T. Webb.
The population is about 1000 people.(Pop - Grants Com1,412 - ABS Cdata 885 - ERP 977). The community is serviced by a barge from Darwin once a week that comes up the Buckingham river.
Gapuwiyak means "brackish water". (Gapu water - Wiyak salty).
The community comprises a vibrant mix of Aboriginal people from many different families or clan
s. It produces a newsletter
called Gapuwiyak Dhäwu.
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...
n Aboriginal
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
community located in north-eastern Arnhem Land
Arnhem Land
The Arnhem Land Region is one of the five regions of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around 500 km from the territory capital Darwin. The region has an area of 97,000 km² which also covers the area of Kakadu National...
, 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...
, 25 km south of the head of Buckingham Bay
Buckingham Bay
Buckingham Bay is a large, rectangular bay on the northern coast of Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia. It lies 520 km east of Darwin and 120 km west of Nhulunbuy.-Description:...
and about the same distance south-west of Arnhem Bay. It is adjacent to Lake Evella. The lake was seen by Harold Shepherdson from his aeroplane the Miles Hawk in 1935 and he named it Lake Evella after his wife Ella and Evelyn the wife of a fellow missionary Rev. T.T. Webb.
The population is about 1000 people.(Pop - Grants Com1,412 - ABS Cdata 885 - ERP 977). The community is serviced by a barge from Darwin once a week that comes up the Buckingham river.
Gapuwiyak means "brackish water". (Gapu water - Wiyak salty).
The community comprises a vibrant mix of Aboriginal people from many different families or clan
Clan
A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor. The kinship-based bonds may be symbolical, whereby the clan shares a "stipulated" common ancestor that is a...
s. It produces a newsletter
Newsletter
A newsletter is a regularly distributed publication generally about one main topic that is of interest to its subscribers. Newspapers and leaflets are types of newsletters. Additionally, newsletters delivered electronically via email have gained rapid acceptance for the same reasons email in...
called Gapuwiyak Dhäwu.