and the surrounding area has been the country of the Garig-Iwaidja group of people and their ancestors for at least the past 40,000 years.

Dutch exploration

In 1705, the Dutch East India Company ordered Captain Maarten van Delft to prepare a fleet of three vessels to make an expedition from the East Indies to the northern coast of New Holland (Australia). After remaining three months on the Tiwi Islands,

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