#NorthernTerritory #police urge families of #missing #men to come forward to help ID found #remains.

Northern Territory police are urging the families of missing men to come forward after more details emerged about the remains of an #Aboriginal man, believed to have died in the 1970s or 1980s, which were found more than a decade ago.

On 1 April 2012, authorities found the skeletal remains of an Aboriginal man, believed to be in his early 30s, near #CharlotteRiver, just off #FogBayRoad, south of #Darwin, but little was known until recent #forensic testing by federal authorities.

Australian federal police used advanced forensic investigation techniques, radio-carbon dating and #DNA testing to uncover more about the man’s details, revealing his diet was largely marine, indicating the man may have lived in the Northern #TopEnd or surrounding islands.

Police believed the man died between 1971 and 1982.

Detectives from the #ColdCase taskforce and the #MissingPersonsUnit are encouraging people to provide any information, relevant items or records that may have that might help identify the unknown man.

Detective Acting Sergeant Glen Chatto said that NT Police currently have 64 #unidentified human remains and strongly encourage families of missing persons to provide DNA to their local police station.

“No one should have their remains sit unidentified and no family should have to suffer the pain of not knowing what happened to their loved ones.”

A DNA profile has been obtained from the remains so there is real potential for an identification to be made. #auspol

A short walk, a cool plunge, and the sound of water cutting through the heat. Simple, refreshing, and quietly memorable.
åNo regrets.

🔗 https://www.offthemainroad.com.au/latest/robinfalls

#travel #NorthernTerritory #TopEnd #Waterfalls #SlowTravel #OffTheMainRoad

Old mine sites, railway history, and a pub that’s seen more than its share of stories, all tucked into the edge of the Top End.

A short stop with a long memory.

https://www.offthemainroad.com.au/latest/pinecreek

📍 Pine Creek, NT

#travel #NorthernTerritory #TopEnd #SlowTravel #SmallTowns #OffTheMainRoad

US military fuel tanks in Darwin Harbour weren’t designed to withstand a cyclone, raising major safety and environmental concerns for the Top End.

#Darwin #CycloneSafety #Environment #Australia #USMilitary #TopEnd

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-28/us-fuel-tanks-darwin-harbor-not-designed-to-withstand-cyclone/105340846

Project Caymus fuel tanks built unlawfully in Darwin for US military not designed to withstand major cyclone

An engineering report has revealed 11 massive fuel tanks built unlawfully on Darwin Harbour for the US military are not designed to withstand a category three cyclone.

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Sunset walk at Casuarina beach. #nature #photography #landscape #sunset #TopEnd
East Point at dusk 😍
#nature #photography #landscape #TopEnd
Sunset at Nightcliff foreshore #TopEnd #nature #photo #travel
The Top End is famous for its fishing but relies on imported bait: Buying bait that has been imported from interstate or overseas is now common in the NT after the Territory's only commercial bait business hit trouble. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-01-03/nt-commercial-bait-sardine-business-fights-to-stay-afloat/104765654?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Fishing #TopEnd #NorthernTerritory #Bait #AustralianFishing
Northern Territory's only commercial bait business battles to stay afloat

Buying bait that has been imported from interstate or overseas is now common in the NT after the Territory's only commercial bait business hit trouble.

ABC News
A must read for the those interested in the history of Tiwi islands. An inter-library loan error brought me the physical microfiche of this 1958 thesis and it's riveting: https://bravenewwords.info/2023/09/22/law-and-feud-in-an-aboriginal-society-of-north-australia/
#tiwi #oralhistory #topend #australianhistory
Law and feud in an Aboriginal society of north Australia

A few years ago, William Buckner at the Human Systems and Behavior Lab told me about the 1958 PhD thesis Law and feud in an Aboriginal society of north Australia by Arnold Remington Pilling. Buckne…

Brave new words