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Groote Eylandt

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Groote Ey·landt  (grt lnd)
An island of northern Australia in the western part of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Manganese is mined on the island.


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Nurses Who left the remote community of Groote Eylandt following a violent incident at a clinic have returned to work.
I have glimpsed this myself over thirty years revisiting the Aboriginal peoples of Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Island, enough to know that once you have seen through "Aboriginal" eyes, you see wherever y ou happen to be -- the outback of Australia, my home in the Ottawa valley of Canada -- and understand that theirs is a vision that transcends time, place and culture.
17, 1998--The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited ("BHP") today signed and completed an agreement with Billiton Plc for the sale of the shares of Groote Eylandt Mining Company Pty Ltd ("GEMCO") and Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Company Pty Ltd ("TEMCO").
 
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