Yirrkala

Yirrkala is a small community in East Arnhem Region, Northern Territory, Australia, southeast of the large mining town of Nhulunbuy, on the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land.

Its population comprises predominantly Aboriginal Australians of the Yolngu people, and it is also home to a number of Mission Aviation Fellowship pilots and engineers based in Arnhem Land, providing air transport services. At the , Yirrkala had a population of 657, of whom 79.8% identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Provided by Wikipedia