Central Land Council
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CLC Press Releases
- 18 December 2008
- Senate see sense over waste dump ›› more
- 28 October 2008
- Devils Marbles handed back to traditional owners ›› more
- 27 October 2008
- Tanami Regional Partnership Agreement ›› more
- 27 October 2008
- Warlpiri use royalties to build Yuendumu Pool ›› more
- 15 October 2008
- Minister looks for distraction ›› more
- 14 October 2008
- CLC response to NTER review ›› more
- 14 August 2008 2008
- Communities have their say on intervention ›› more
- 31 July 2008 2008
- Fairfax news in bad taste ›› more
- 24 July 2008 2008
- election: accountability needed ›› more
- 17 July 2008 2008
- Royal commission needed into NT funding ›› more
- 11 July 2008 2008
- Simpson Desert: the last land rights claim under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act ›› more
- 8 July 2008 2008
- Sacred site damage at Wilora ›› more
- 30 May 2008
- Seal the Mereenie Loop Road Now ›› more
- 27 May 2008
- Angela Pamela Negotiations ›› more
- 9 May 2008
- Angela Pamela and the native title process ›› more
- 18 February 2008
- Coalition should support permit system ›› more
- 15 February 2008
- Politicians threaten to derail fresh start ›› more
- 22 January 2008
- Police ignorance upsets Lajamanu community ›› more
- 26 November 2007
- Optimism for a fresh consensual approach on Aboriginal affairs ›› more
- 21 November 2007
- Concerns over Central Petroleum tactics ›› more
The Land is Always Alive
Barunga
The Barunga Statement was presented to the Prime Minister of Australia, Bob Hawke, by the chairmen of the Central and Northern Land Councils, Wenten Rubuntja and Galarrwuy Yunupingu, on 12 June 1988, during the Barunga Sports and Cultural Festival. The Statement takes the form of a petition set amidst a series of paintings. T
he words of the petition call for the Australian Government to recognise the rights of Australia's indigenous people while the paintings tell stories of the land – a reminder of where the words come from. The design on the right was painted by Wenten Rubuntja, Lindsay Turner Jampijinpa and Dennis Williams Japanangka from Central Australia.
It tells part of the Two-Women Dreaming which links together all the major language groups of the Centre and calls on Aboriginal people to come together to celebrate their culture and their country. The three panels on the left were painted by artists from the NLC region and tell stories from the Crocodile Fire and Whale Dreamings which give their peoples title to the land and the sea