Central Land Council
The Central Land Council (CLC) is a land council that represents the Aboriginal peoples of the southern half of the Northern Territory of Australia (NT), predominantly with regard to land issues. it is one of four land councils in the Northern Territory, and covers the Central Australia region. The head office is located in Alice Springs.
History
The council has its origins in the struggle of
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Background and description
The Central Land Council is one of four Land Councils in the Northern Territory. The
The Central Land Council region covers 771,747 square kilometres (297,973 sq mi) of remote, rugged and often inaccessible areas. There are 18,000 Aboriginal people from 15 different
Aims and functions
Its aims include:[1]
- Helping traditional ownerslodge native title claims and helping to resolve disputes
- Consulting with landowners on mining activity, employment, development and other land use proposals
- Protecting sacred sites
- Assisting with economic projects on Aboriginal land
- Promoting community development and improving service delivery
- Running the permit system for visitors to Aboriginal land
Land Rights News
In April 1976, the CLC published the first edition of Central Australian Land Rights News, which ran until August 1984. In July 1976, the Northern Land Council (NLC) launched Land Rights News: A Newsletter for Aboriginals and Their Friends. A major goal of these newspapers was not only to provide information to Aboriginal people on land rights issues, but also to correct misinformation, provide in-depth coverage of native title issues, and to challenge the stereotypes represented in mainstream newspapers in Australia, and to encourage its readers to take action.[2]
In September 1985 the two land councils pooled their resources to start producing Land Rights News: One Mob, One Voice, One Land (LRN).[2]
In 1988, the newspaper won special citation in the
In 2002, Aboriginal journalist Todd Condie left the Koori Mail after ten years, to work on Land Rights News.[2]
From 2011[4][5] and as of October 2022[update], Land Rights News is published three times a year in two editions: "Central Australia"[6] and "Northern Edition",[7] and remains the longest-running Aboriginal newspaper. It is also the only printed newspaper published in Central Australia.[6]
Office locations
As of 2022[update] the office locations of the CLC are in the following locations (approx. north to south):[8]
Communities and councils
References
- ^ ISSN 1036-7632. Archived from the original on 17 July 2005. Retrieved 3 October 2022.)
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- ^ "UN Media Peace Awards". Tribune. No. 2531. New South Wales. 7 September 1988. p. 12. Retrieved 3 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ISSN 1325-0140
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- ^ a b "Land Rights News". Central Land Council. 19 May 2021. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "All documents". Northern Land Council. 1 August 2022. Archived from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Map". Central Land Council. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
External links
- Official website
- "Native title reports". Australian Human Rights Commission. 29 November 2015.