Northern Land Council
The Northern Land Council (NLC ) is one of four land councils in the Northern Territory, Australia. The TECs form political interest groups of local Aboriginal people in relation to their land rights. Their creation were results of the struggle of Aboriginal people for their people, land rights and their right to equal pay.
The remit of the Northern Land Council live about 30,000 Aborigines, including 3,000 in remote settlements.
History
Having failed in the early years of British colonization, the colonial officials, farmers, prospectors and missionaries to establish permanently in northern Australia offices, this changed in the late years of the 19th century. However, this meant that the Aboriginal people were driven from their hunting grounds and their fertile land. Many Aborigines were forced to work in cattle stations if they wanted to maintain their ties to their country. The first Aboriginal mission station on the territory of the Northern Land Council was established in 1935 at Yirrkala, had to live in the numerous Aborigines.
In the 1960s, the Aboriginal land rights movement developed strength. The founding of the country councils in the Northern Territory is due to political movements of the Aborigines. The historical starting points are the Yolngu Bark Petition from 1963, which was significant for the enforcement of their land rights and the Gurindji Strike of 1966 as the Aborigines for equal pay of " Black and White " and inserting fought.
The Australian Government under Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party began in February 1973, the Aboriginal Land Rights Commission, which had the task to deal with the land rights of Aborigines in the Northern Territory and to develop concepts. The presiding judge Edward Woodward of the Royal Commission suggested in its first report in July 1973 to establish a Northern Land Council and a central Land Council. This management organizations should take the land interests of Aboriginal people. After this first report was a draft law, the country Rights Bill, introduced into the Australian Parliament. However, the Whitlam Government was dismissed before this law was passed.
The successor government of Malcolm Fraser iberalkonservativen passed the Aboriginal Land Rights ( Northern Territory ) Act 1976. Effective this Act, the Aborigines were granted land rights in the Northern Territory. It came later, on Australia Day, 26 January 1977 in force. By now, about half of the land area of the Northern Territory Aborigines.
The other three Councils in the Northern Territory are the Central Land Council, which is located in the south of the Northern Territory, the Tiwi Land Council on the Tiwi Islands north of Darwin and the Anindilyakawa Land Council, located on the island group of Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria extends. The Central Bureau of land councils, which was founded in 1973, is located in Darwin.
Tasks and protection of interests
The Northern Land Council is a public corporation that was incorporated under the Aboriginal Land Rights ( Northern Territory ) Act 1976. Is legally binding for these corporations Furthermore, the Native Title Act 1993 and the Pastoral Land Act 1992.
The task of the Council is the management and protection of interests of the land rights of the indigenous population. This applies to the mining rights, the geology, the railway and gas pipeline construction, the training ground of the army, the national parks and agricultural activities. A further object includes the balance of interests over land rights of Aboriginal people among themselves.
Following a Supreme Court decision of the High Court of Australia the Aborigines the coastal region, was awarded as the property including the country, including the tidal range. This affects about 85% of the coastline of the Northern Territory.
For marine and landscape protection employs the Northern Land Council Ranger numerous groups.
The Council is also responsible for the creation of approvals of travel of tourists to the area of the Northern Land Council.
The Northern Land Council since 1976, publishes a quarterly publication, the country Rights News. It is the seemingly longest publication of the indigenous people of Australia.
Regional Offices and Regional Councils
Approximately 30,000 Aboriginal people living in the territory of the Northern Land Council, most of them in the larger cities. About 3,000 people live in 200 small settlements in remote areas.
Other regional offices, next to the central office in Darwin, are in Palmerston ( a suburb of Darwin), Katherine, Jabiru, Nhulunbuy, Tennant Creek, Ngukurr, Borroloola and Timber Creek
Seven Regional Councils are located in the districts of Borroloola / Barkley, Darwin / Daly, East Arnhem, Katherine, Ngukurr, Victoria River and West Arnhem.