The Central Land Council is a Commonwealth Government statutory authority covering the entire southern half of the Northern Territory - an area of 776,549 square kilometres.
Of this, traditional Aboriginal landowners own 385,392 square kilometres of Aboriginal freehold land under the Aboriginal Land rights Act. This represents 49 per cent of the land covered by the CLC's nine regions
The CLC operates under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 and it is also a recognised Native Title Representative Body under the Native Title Act 1993. As a Commonwealth statutory authority the CLC is subject to the provisions of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997.
The Central Land Council provides a number of services for the benefit of traditional owners and other Aboriginal reseidents of the CLC region, including:
