 A sawmill at Nourlangie Camp was begun by Chinese operators, probably before World War I, to mill stands of cypress pine in the area.After World War II a number of small-scale ventures, including dingo shooting and trapping, brumby shooting, crocodile shooting, tourism and forestry, began.Nourlangie Camp was again the site of a sawmill in the 1950s, until the local stands of cypress pine were exhausted.