Everything about Melville Island Northern Territory totally explained
Melville Island lies in the eastern
Timor Sea, off the coast of the
Northern Territory of
Australia. It is west of the
Cobourg Peninsula in
Arnhem Land and north of
Darwin.
The largest community/town on the island is
Milikapiti.
At 2,234 mi² (5,786 km²) it's just outside the 100
largest islands in the world, but is the second biggest island in
Australia, after
Tasmania (and excluding the continental landmass). It is also known in the
Tiwi language as
Yermalner.
Together, Melville Island and
Bathurst Island are known as the
Tiwi Islands.
It is said that the first European to sight the island was
Abel Tasman in 1644, although this is now disputed. Melville Island's most likely first European discovery was probably made by the Portuguese, as Aboriginals encountered by the explorer
Phillip Parker King (son of governor of
New South Wales Philip Gidley King) in
1818, were found to know some Portuguese words.
King named it for
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, first lord of the
Admiralty, who is also commemorated by the much larger
Melville Island in the
Canadian arctic. Shortly after this, the British made the first attempt to settle Australia's north coast, at the short-lived
Fort Dundas.
The climate is tropical.
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