Carpentaria
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The species grows only in rugged terrain near the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
The cyclone crossed on to Australia’s mainland late Monday near the remote town of Borroloola on the southwestern side of the Gulf of Carpentaria, where it had been lashing island communities for several days.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2024
Set in Wright’s ancestral homeland — she is a member of the Waanyi nation of the Gulf of Carpentaria, on Australia’s northern coast — “Praiseworthy” is her longest and most complex novel so far.
From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2024
The mystery emerged in 2015, when nearly 10 percent of the seemingly healthy mangrove forest along northern Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria suddenly died.
From Scientific American • Dec. 1, 2022
In 1860 the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition left Melbourne, and reached the Gulf of Carpentaria, but their return journey resulted in the death of Burke, Wills, and Gray.
From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland
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