LARRAKIA INDIANS IN AUSTRAILIA

LARRAKIA ARE ABORIGINES OWNERS OF LARRAKIN COUNTRY IN AND AROUND DARWIN. THEY ARE ALSO CALLED SALT WATER PEOPLE. THEY HAD SONGS THEY SUNG ON THE ROUTES AND HISTORIES.

LARRAKIN ORGANIZATIONS WERE THE NATIONAL ABORIGINAL CORPORATION IN 1997. THIS PROVIDED FUNDING TO THESE FOLKS FOR OVER 4 YEAR TO ASSIST IN GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES. THIS ORGANIZATION HAD 8 DIFFERENT GROUPS. THEY HAVE ABOUT 500 MEMBERS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PUT THEM UNDER A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATION.

UNLIKE MANY OTHER GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS THEY WANT THESES FOLKS TO HAVE FINANCIAL INDEPENDANCE . IT'S MISSION IS WORKING FOR FOLKS AND THEY HAVE A TRUST DEED.. A LARRAKIA PERSON SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR CLAIMED HERITAGE AND GENEOLOGY. MANY LARRAKIA ARE LISTED IN KENBI LAND CLAIM. THE KENBI LAND CLAIM ENCOMPASSED DARWIN TERRITORY AND KENBI FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

IN 2009 THE NORTHERN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THE KENBI AS THE LONGEST RUNNING LAND CLAIM. DURING THE ANNOUNCEMENT THE HANDOVER OF THE PAYLENE TRADITIONAL OWNER SAID "I WILL BE ENSURE THAT THE LAND WILL BE PROTECTED FOR ALL LARRAKIA FAMILES."

LARRAKIA HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF FIGHTING TO REGAIN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES. IN 1977 THE KENBY LAND CLAIMS WAS MADE BY THE COUNCIL TO KEEP LANDS FOR GENERATIONS IN THE FUTURE. SOME LARRAKITA SEE IT AS INAPPROPRIATE AND WANT TO INFORM THEIR OWN LAND HOLDINGS.

AFTER 23 YEARS OF STRUGGLE THIS RECOMMENDATION TO KEEP LAND WAS A STRUGGLE THIS RECOMMENDATION TO KEEP LAND WAS A GREAT VICTORY FOR THESE OLD FOLKS. TEN YEARS LATER THE ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS MINISTER HAS NOT SIGNED THE LAND OVER. IN 2006 A FEDERAL COURT DENIED THE LARRAKIA'S TITLE TO CLAIM ON BASIS OF FAILURE TO PROVE CONTINUOUS CONNECTION WITH THE DARWIN AREA.

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