[6] The Pacific theatre of World War II saw the Japanese military aerial bombing Darwin in February 1942.

Travelling a distance overland, they boarded a train through central Australia, arriving in Sydney, New South Wales, on the east coast.

[9][citation needed] A class action was undertaken by 12 claimants against the Uniting Church in Australia for sexual and physical abuse which took place at the mission from the 1940s until the late 1960s.

[citation needed] The only notable settlement on Croker Island is the Aboriginal community of Minjilang, located on Mission Bay on the east coast.

Apart from that, there are nine small family outstations, the largest one of which is Inngirnatj (Point David) at the southern end of the island.

The settlements from north to south: The island's beaches, bushland, wetlands and swamps are host to plentiful wildlife and flora.