Central Land Council

Land Won Back

Read about one of the longest running land claims in the Northern Territory… The Warumungu Land Claim

In the CLC region, which is the southern half of the Northern Territory, just under half of the land is Aboriginal land.

Aboriginal land is private property owned under special freehold title. It is inalienable – it can't be bought, acquired or forfeited.

Land is formally held by a Land Trust.

Aboriginal people have affinity with particular areas of land. Unlike the European view of land most Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory gain their identity from their country, not someone else's land. Unlike Western ideas of land, one 'block' can't be exchanged for another.

Some stories from Land Rights News about the struggles by traditional owners to win back their land

• July 1999 Barrow Creek
• September 1988 Chilla Well
• September 1988 Chilla Well(2)
• November 1986 Daguragu
• December 1991 Apatula (Finke)
• August 1993 Harts Range
• April 1995 Karlantijpa North
• April 1995 Karlantijpa South
• November 1988 McClaren Creek 2
• August 1992 McClaren Creek 3
• May 1989 Mt Allen 1
• November 1988 Mt Allen 2
• May 1989 Mt Allen 3
• February 1990 Mt Allen 4
• October 1995 Mt Frederick
• October 1995 Mt Wedge
• July 1999 Mt Wedge 2
• March 1987 Mt Barkly
• November 1994 Simpson Desert
• Mar 1993 Tanami Downs (Mongrel Downs)
• 1990Tarlton Downs
• November 1986 Uluru
• August 1980 Undoolya Bore, Ooratippra and Mt Peachy
• Tempe Downs 1
• Tempe Downs 2
• Tempe Downs 3
• Wakaya-Alyawarre
• October 1992 Wakaya-Alyawarre 2
• December 1991 Wavehill
• November 1994 Western Desert 1
• July 1996Western Desert 2
• Western Desert 3
• Western Desert 4
• March 1987 Warlpiri, Kukatja and Ngarti
• August 1994 Warumungu