In 1803, the British explorer Matthew Flinders anchored in a bay on the eastern shore of the Wessel Eylands, the northernmost tip of Arnhemland. He described the local Yolŋu people as very friendly He called the place Australia.
They were the first Australians.
Arnhemland; the remote, wild, far north of Australia. Aboriginal land.When Australian Prime Ministers need to hear from Aboriginal people, they often travel here, where they listen...