The Hodgson River is a tributary of the Roper River between Roper Bar and Ngukurr , Northern Territory , Australia.
5-662: The river is in the Limmen National Park and the traditional owners of the river are the Yukul people . The river flowed through the now defunct Hundred of Fasque . 14°47′16″S 134°35′14″E / 14.7877°S 134.5873°E / -14.7877; 134.5873 This article about a river in the Northern Territory , Australia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Limmen National Park Limmen National Park , announced in 2012,
10-540: Is the third largest national park in the Northern Territory , after Judbarra / Gregory National Park , with an area of approximately 9,369 square kilometres (3,617 sq mi). Located about 600 km south-east of Darwin on the Gulf of Carpentaria , the park incorporates wetlands, sandstone structures and numerous rivers, including the Limmen Bight River from which the park takes its name. Limmen National Park
15-595: The Amateur Fishermen's Association of the Northern Territory and neighbouring pastoral lease holders, upset by Western Desert Resources building a haul road across their property. Following a decline in the price of Iron Ore, Western Desert Resources went into administration in 2014 and their mining operations ceased. In 2018, the Northern Territory Government approved a new operator to restart
20-505: The mine, this time operated by Nathan River Resources, a company owned by international shipping and mining company British Marine . A major attraction in the park are the "Lost Cities"— sandstone rock formations resembling tall apartment blocks . Miniature rock art of the stencilled variety at a rock shelter known as Yilbilinji, in Limmen National Park, is one of only three known examples of such art. Usually stencilled art
25-526: Was declared in 2012 but approximately 20% of the area originally planned for the park was excluded to allow for Iron Ore exploration and extraction, a decision welcomed by Western Desert Resources, the company developing an Iron Ore mine in the excised region. However, the NT Environment Centre argued that the NT Government had been "unnecessarily generous to miners" and concerns were also raised by
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