Arnhem Land

American  

[ahr-nuhm] / ˈɑr nəm /

Or Arnhemland

noun

1. a region in northern Northern Territory, Australia: site of Aboriginal reservation.

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Arnhem Land British  

noun

1. a region of N Australia in the N Northern Territory, large areas of which are reserved for native Australians

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Example Sentences

The places visited, such as Arnhem Land, are often so remote, postal services are unreliable or not commonly used, which is why AEC representatives undertake remarkable journeys to reach them.

From BBC • May 14, 2019

On an escarpment on the Arnhem Land side of the river, Miyakoo pointed out rock art.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2018

Born in 1952, he currently lives in Maningrida, an indigenous community of about 2,000 people in Arnhem Land, on the continent’s north coast, facing Indonesia.

From Washington Post • Aug. 31, 2018

Ecologist Mick Brand and meteorologist Costijn Zwart of James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, abseil a boat into a 40-metre sinkhole in Arnhem Land to investigate the area’s geological record.

From Nature • Apr. 24, 2018

Then, turning off straight east, they flew over the dark-green canopy of eucalyptus forests of fertile Arnhem Land, and crossed the Gulf of Carpentaria in the full darkness of the night.

From Around the World in Ten Days by Fraser, Chelsea Curtis