Arnhem Land

or Arn·hem·land

[ ahr-nuhm ]

noun

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

Arnhem Land

noun

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

Example Sentences

“The silence was deafening,” said Alastair King, the head of the Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation, or A.L.P.A., a nonprofit organization that operates the Lajamanu store and others in remote communities.

From New York Times

They depict stars as well as a particular river in Arnhem Land, or perhaps stars reflected in that river.

From Washington Post

The enigmatic designs in the American University Museum show conjure a vastness that contrasts with the smallness of the area in which the artworks were made: the eastern side of Arnhem Land, a craggy peninsula that juts from Australia’s northern coast.

From Washington Post

Albanese, who will reveal the plan in a speech at an Indigenous festival in remote Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory, will propose the draft referendum question: “Do you support an alteration to the Constitution that establishes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice?”

From Reuters

The series featured the Nawarddeken people of West Arnhem Land, Australia, who have been carrying out the practice for tens of thousands of years.

From BBC