Everything about The Northern Land Council totally explained
The
Northern Land Council (NLC) is in the
Top End of the
Northern Territory of
Australia. It has its origins in the struggle of
Australian Aboriginal people for rights to fair wages and land. This included the
strike and walk off by the
Gurindji people at
Wave Hill, cattle station in
1966. The head office is located in
Darwin. It was established in 1973.
The NLC Chairman is John Daly.
It is one of four in the Northern Territory, the others are:
The most important responsibilities of the councils are to consult with traditional landowners and other Aborigines with an interest in the land.
The Northern Land Council represents traditional Aboriginal landowners and Aboriginal people. There are 30,000 Aboriginal people from
200 communities
. The region is divided into seven regions.
Many Aboriginal people in the Northern Land Council's area live in the major towns. There are about 200 communities scattered over Aboriginal land in the NLC's area, ranging in size from small family groups on outstations to settlements of up to 3,000 people.
The Northern Land Council is a representative body with statutory authority under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976. It also has responsibilities under the
Native Title Act 1993 (so the
Native Title Tribunal) and the
Pastoral Land Act 1992.
Today Aboriginal people make up 27% of the Northern Territory's population and own some 49% of the land in the Northern Territory.
History
The Commonwealth Government of
Gough Whitlam set up the Woodward
Aboriginal Land Rights Commission, a
Royal Commission, in February 1973 set to inquire into how land rights might be achieved in the
Northern Territory. Justice Woodward's first report in July 1973 recommended that a Northern Land Council and a
Central Land Council be established in order to present to him the views of Aboriginal people.
In response to the report of the Royal Commission a Land Rights Bill was drafted, but the Whitlam Government was dismissed before it was passed.
The
Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 was eventually passed by the
Fraser Government on
16 December 1976 and began operation on
Australia Day, that's
26 January 1977.
This Act established the basis upon which Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory could, for the first time, claim rights to land based on traditional occupation. In effect it allowed title to be transferred of most of the Aboriginal reserve lands and the opportunity to claim other land not owned, leased or being used by someone else.
Office locations
Head Office
Casuarina
Regional Offices
Palmerston (on the outskirts of Darwin)
Katherine
Jabiru
Nhulunbuy
Tennant Creek
Ngukurr
Borroloola
Timber Creek
Regional Councils
Borroloola/Barkley
Darwin/Daly
East Arnhem
Katherine
Ngukurr
Victoria River District
West ArnhemFurther Information
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