LARRIKIA INDIANS IN AUSTRALIA

LARRIKIA ARE TRADITIONAL OWNERS OF LARRIKIA COUNTRY WHICH INCLUDES IN AND AROUND DARWIN IN THE NORTH TERRITORY. THEY ARE KNOWN AS SALT WATER PEOPLE. THE LARRIKIA HAD TRADING ROUTES
MOSTLY EXTENDING DOWN THE WESTERN SIDE OF THEIR TERRITORY. THEY HAD SONG LINES ALLOWING STORIES AND HISTORIES TO BE RETOLD.

THEY ESTABLISHED AN ABORIGINAL CORPORATION IN 1997 PROVING FUNDS FOR FOR YEARS TO ASSIST IN THEIR OPERATION. THEY HAVE EIGHT GROUPS OF RELATED AND UNRELATED FAMILIES. THIS GROUP OF FIVE HUNDRED IS UNDER SPECIAL ADMINISTRATION BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THE LARRIKIA CORPORATION IS A SHAREHOLDER COMPANY FROM THE LAND COUNCIL. IT IS SELF FUNDED WITH NO GRANTS. THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD IN ACHIEVING ACCEPTABLE DEVELOPMENT. THESE MEMORANDUMS HELP THE LARRIKIA GAIN FINANCIAL THROUGH EMPLOYMENT.

A LARRIKIA PERSON SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR CLAIMED HERITAGE OF GENEALOGIES. THE KENBI LAND CLAIM IS LAND, WATERS, AND ISLANDS SPANNING OVER 30 YEARS. IN 2009 THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT KENBI, THE LONGEST RUNNING LAND CLAIM IN AUSTRALIA'S HISTORY WAS HANDED OVER TO THE LARRIKIA. THEY HAVE HAD A LONG HISTORY OF FIGHTING TO REGAIN THEIR COUNTRY. IN 1977 THE KENBI LAND CLAIM WAS MADE BY NORTHERN LAND COUNCIL. IN 2000 THE KENBI LAND CLAIM WAS HANDED BACK TO LARRIKIA FOLKS. THEN IN 2006 A FEDERAL COURT CLAIM DENIED THE LARRIKIA NATIVE TITLE TO THE LAND BASED ON THEIR FAILURE TO PROVE CONTINUOUS CONNECTION WITH DARWIN.

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