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Amungee Mungee


Coordinates: 16°28′53″S 134°05′43″E / 16.4815°S 134.0954°E / -16.4815; 134.0954 (Amungee Mungee) Amungee Mungee Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory.

It is situated about 132 kilometres (82 mi) north east of Elliott and 240 kilometres (149 mi) south west of Borroloola. The property surrounds the Bullwaddy Conservation Reserve to the north, south and west. The station abuts Tanumbirini Station to the north east, Beetaloo to the south east, Shenandoah to the west and Nutwood Downs to the north. The Carpentaria Highway passes through the property.

Amumngee Mungee currently occupies and area of 3,285 square kilometres (1,268 sq mi) and is situated on the Sturt Plateau bioregion. The area is characterised by thin infertile soils on a lateritic land surface. Large fragmented stands of Bullwaddy interspersed with area of lancewood are common to the area.

The traditional owners of the area are the Jingili peoples. The area around the Amungee Mungee waterhole, from which the station takes its name, is a significant dreaming area for the Jingili.


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