Kaytei, Wa[r]lpiri and Warlmanpa land claim / report by the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and to the Administrator of the Northern Territory, March 1982

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Australia. Office of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner
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KAYTEJ, WALPIRI AND WARLMANPA LAND CLAIM Report by the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and to the Administrator of the Northern Territory 1
Kaytej, Warlpiri and Warlmanpa Land Claim Report by the Aboriginal Land Commissioner to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and to the Administrator of the Northern Territory 3
CONTENTS 11
KAYTEJ, WARLPIRI AND WALMANPA LAND CLAIM Introduction 13
Status of land 13
The country of the land-holding groups 14
European contact with the claim area 15
The land-holding groups 19
The subsection system 23
Traditional ownership—general 23
Jarrajarra 25
Wakulpu 26
Wurrulju 27
Ngunulurru 28
Miyikampi 29
Kanturrpa 30
Pawurrinji 31
Entitlement to forage 32
Formal findings 33
Strength of attachment 54
Desire to live on the land 55
Recommendations 55
Advantage 56
Detriment and land usage 57
Northern Territory Government and Tennant Creek Town Council—water 57
Northern Territory Government—agriculture 60
Northern Territory Government—grazing licences 60
Northern Territory Government—power 60
Cara Pty Ltd—grazing licence G.L.2106 61
Northern Territory Government—mining 61
Nothern Territory Government—aerodist stations 61
Tennant Creek pastoral lease—grazing licence G.L.2067 62
Mining—general 63
Mining—Geopeko 63
Mining—other interests 65
Other interests—generally 65
Roads 65
Summary of findings, recommendations and comments 66
CONSULTANT 68
LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES 68
LIST OF WITNESSES 69
LIST OF EXHIBITS 70
ADDENDUM 72

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Australia. Office of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner, Australia. Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Territory. Administrator and Australia. Parliament. Kaytei, Wa[r]lpiri and Warlmanpa land claim Canberra: Government Printer, 1983. Web. 18 January 2026 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1458692986>

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Australia. Office of the Aboriginal Land Commissioner & Australia. Department of Aboriginal Affairs & Northern Territory. Administrator & Australia. Parliament. 1983, Kaytei, Wa[r]lpiri and Warlmanpa land claim Government Printer, Canberra viewed 18 January 2026 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1458692986

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  | section=viii, 56 pages : ill., maps (some folded) ; 25 cm.
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  | series=Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) ;
  | issue=PP no. 414 of 1982
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