Mount Liebig is a mountain with an elevation of in the southern part of the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
of
Australia
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. It is one of the highest peaks of the
MacDonnell Ranges
The MacDonnell Ranges, or Tjoritja in Arrernte language, Arrernte, is a mountain range located in southern Northern Territory. MacDonnell Ranges is also the name given to an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia, interim Australia ...
and was named by the explorer
Ernest Giles after the German chemist
Justus von Liebig
Justus ''Freiherr'' von Liebig (12 May 1803 – 18 April 1873) was a Germans, German scientist who made major contributions to the theory, practice, and pedagogy of chemistry, as well as to agricultural and biology, biological chemistry; he is ...
. Nearby settlements include
Haasts Bluff.
The killing of two Aboriginal men at Mount Liebig in 1932 according to
traditional law led the missionary
Ernest Kramer to demand the prosecution of the killers for murder, leading to debate on the applicability of white law to traditional violence. The men were tried but acquitted by a
Darwin jury.
Notable
Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australians are the various indigenous peoples of the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland and many of its islands, excluding the ethnically distinct people of the Torres Strait Islands.
Humans first migrated to Australia (co ...
who have lived in the region of Mount Liebig include
Indigenous artist Nora Andy Napaltjarri and
Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri.
See also
*
List of mountains of the Northern Territory
References
External links
Mt. Liebig at www.peakbagger.com (retrieved 2009-9-3)
''Mount Liebig and Surrounds'' (pdf)- brochure by the government of the Northern Territory (retrieved 2009-9-3)
Liebig
Justus von Liebig
MacDonnell Region
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