Central Land Council

The CLC is a Commonwealth corporate entity governed by 90 elected Aboriginal members There are 15 different Aboriginal language groups in Central Australia.

The roots of the CLC lie in the history of Aboriginal struggle for justice and our rights to our traditional land. The Land Rights Act gave Aboriginal people title to most of the Aboriginal reserve lands in the Northern Territory and gave the opportunity to claim other land not already owned, leased or being used by someone else. The Central Land Council region covers 771,747 square kilometres of  ...