Tanami Downs

Tanami Downs
Location in Northern Territory

Coordinates: 20°33′54″S 129°43′25″E / 20.56500°S 129.72361°E / -20.56500; 129.72361 (Tanami Downs) Tanami Downs (formerly Mongrel Downs) is an Indigenous Australian-owned cattle station in the Northern Territory.

Geography

Tanami Downs station covers approximately 4200 square kilometres[1] of the Northern Territory, about 650 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs.

Tanami Downs lies within the Tanami bioregion of hot, dry country, in which the dominant vegetation is spinifex hummock grassland.[2] Though drought-prone and semi-arid, Tanami Downs has some mountainous areas with permanent water, and its northern parts have plains suitable for cattle grazing.[3]

History and administration

Indigenous ownership of Tanami Downs was recognised through the Tanami Downs Land Claim. The claim was lodged in June 1989,[3] and the report under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976 recognising the claim, was delivered in early 1992.[4] Title to the land was officially handed to the traditional owners on 21 December 1992.[3]

The land is owned by the Mungkurrupa Land Trust, which represents the traditional owners, while the station is operated by a board comprising a mix of traditional owners, an outside representative of another pastoral station, and an agricultural consultant.[5]

Notable residents (and traditional owners) of Tanami Downs include Indigenous artists Biddy Rockman Napaljarri and Peggy Rockman Napaljarri.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tanami Downs : "Mongrel" station has new future". Central Land Council. March 1993. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Rangelands - Tanami". Australian Natural Resources Atlas. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. 2000–2002. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 ""Mongrel" station has new future: Tanami Downs Land Claim". Land Rights News (Central Land Council). March 1993. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  4. 1 2 Justice Olney (1992). "Tanami Downs Land Claim: Findings, Recommendation and Report" (PDF). Report No. 42. Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "New management for Tanami Downs" (PDF). Land Rights News (Central Land Council). April 2009. p. 7. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
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