OUTPUT 5.2 ADMINISTER LAND TRUSTS
Aboriginal land is formally held by land trusts, that is, by Aboriginal people who hold the title for the benefit of all the traditional owners and people with traditional interests in the land. Aboriginal land trusts (ALTs) are statutory entities and usually consist of a chair and not less than three members who hold office for up to five years. Land trust members are usually drawn from among traditional owners of the land held in trust.
The functions of a land trust are to hold title to land and to exercise powers to acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property for the benefit of the traditional owners. Where land is granted in a deed of grant held in escrow (that is, the land council holds the title deed in trust until a specific event or condition takes place, such as the lapse of a lease or interest), the function of a land trust is to acquire the estates and interests of other persons with a view to gaining the delivery of the title to the land trust.
A land trust may only deal with the land as directed by the land council. Such directions are provided only after identification of, and consultation with, the traditional owners and on the basis of their informed consent.
Table 26. Aboriginal land trusts in the CLC region, 2019–20
Ahakeye Aboriginal Land Trust |
Aherrenge Aboriginal Land Trust |
Akanta Aboriginal Land Trust |
Akekarrwenteme Ureyenge Aboriginal Land Trust |
Alatjuta Aboriginal Land Trust |
Alkeperre-Atwarte Ayepe-Arenye Arleye Aboriginal Land Trust (Emily and Jessie Gaps Nature Reserve) |
Alkwert Aboriginal Land Trust |
Alyawarra Aboriginal Land Trust |
Amoonguna Aboriginal Land Trust |
Anatye Aboriginal Land Trust |
Angarapa Aboriginal Land Trust |
Ankweleyelengkwe Aboriginal Land Trust |
Anurrete Aboriginal Land Trust |
Aputula Aboriginal Land Trust |
Arletherre Aboriginal Land Trust |
Arltunga Aboriginal Land Trust (Arltunga Historical Reserve) |
Arnapipe Aboriginal Land Trust |
Athenge Lhere Aboriginal Land Trust |
Atnerrperrke Aboriginal Land Trust (Trephina Gorge Nature Park) |
Atnetye Aboriginal Land Trust |
Atwengerrpe Aboriginal Land Trust |
Ayleparrarntenhe Aboriginal Land Trust (Devils Marbles) |
Bilinarra-Jutpurra Aboriginal Land Trust (Gregory National Park) |
Central Desert Aboriginal Land Trust |
Daguragu Aboriginal Land Trust |
Erlterlapentye Aboriginal Land Trust (Davenport Range National Park) |
Haasts Bluff Aboriginal Land Trust |
Hooker Creek Aboriginal Land Trust |
Iliyarne Aboriginal Land Trust |
Ilparle Aboriginal Land Trust |
Inarnme Aboriginal Land Trust |
Irlwentye Aboriginal Land Trust (N’dhala Gorge Nature Park) |
Irrinjirrinjirr Aboriginal Land Trust |
Irrmarne Aboriginal Land Trust |
Irterrkewarre Aboriginal Land Trust (Chambers Pillar) |
Iwupataka Aboriginal Land Trust |
Kanttaji Aboriginal Land Trust |
Karlantijpa North Aboriginal Land Trust |
Karlantijpa South Aboriginal Land Trust |
Katiti Aboriginal Land Trust |
Lake Mackay Aboriginal Land Trust |
Lhere Pirnte Aboriginal Land Trust (Finke Gorge including Palm Valley) |
Ltalaltuma Aboriginal Land Trust |
Mala Aboriginal Land Trust |
Malngin 2 Aboriginal Land Trust |
Malngin Aboriginal Land Trust |
Mangkururrpa Aboriginal Land Trust |
Melknge Aboriginal Land Trust |
Mount Frederick Aboriginal Land Trust |
Mount Frederick 2 Aboriginal Land Trust |
Mpwelarre Aboriginal Land Trust |
Mpweringe-Arnapipe Aboriginal Land Trust |
Mungkarta Aboriginal Land Trust |
Ngalurrtju Aboriginal Land Trust |
Ntaria Aboriginal Land Trust |
Pantyinteme Aboriginal Land Trust |
Pawu Aboriginal Land Trust |
Petermann Aboriginal Land Trust |
Pmere Ulperre Ingwemirne Arletherre Aboriginal Land Trust |
Pmere Nyente Aboriginal Land Trust |
Purta Aboriginal Land Trust |
Pwanye Aboriginal Land Trust |
Pwanye 2 Aboriginal Land Trust (Corroboree Rock Carvings Conservation) |
Rodna Aboriginal Land Trust |
Roulpmaulpma Aboriginal Land Trust |
Rrurtenge Aboriginal Land Trust |
Santa Teresa Aboriginal Land Trust |
Thakeperte Aboriginal Land Trust |
Thangkenharenge Aboriginal Land Trust |
Twertentye Aboriginal Land Trust (Rainbow Valley excision swap – dissolved) |
Tyurretye Aboriginal Land Trust (West MacDonnell National Park including Simpsons Gap and Simpsons Gap Extension) |
Uluru – Kata Tjuta Aboriginal Land Trust |
Uremerne Land Aboriginal Land (Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation) |
Uretyingke Aboriginal Land Trust |
Urrampinyi Iltjiltjarri Aboriginal Land Trust |
Uruna Aboriginal Land Trust |
Wakaya Aboriginal Land Trust |
Wampana-Karlantijpa Aboriginal Land Trust |
Warrabri Aboriginal Land Trust |
Warti-Yangu Aboriginal Land Trust |
Warumungu Aboriginal Land Trust |
Watarrka Aboriginal Land Trust |
Wirliyajarrayi Aboriginal Land Trust |
Yalpirakinu Aboriginal Land Trust |
Yewerre Aboriginal Land Trust |
Yingualyala Aboriginal Land Trust |
Yiningarra Aboriginal Land Trust |
Yuendumu Aboriginal Land Trust |
Yunkanjini Aboriginal Land Trust |
Yurrkuru Aboriginal Land Trust |
Table 27. NT park land trusts
Arrelte Twatye Park Land Trust (Native Gap Conservation Reserve) |
Atnwarle Park Land Trust (Dulcie Ranges) |
Kweyeunpe Park Land Trust (Kuyunba Conservation Reserve) |
Watarrka Park Land Trust (Watarrka National Park) |
Note: Park freehold title is a distinct form of fee simple estate created under the Parks and Reserves (Framework for the Future) Act 2003 (NT).
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