Oceania, Aotearoa and Australia
Yolŋu
Lands
North-east Arnhem Land, including the Gove Peninsula, Northern Territory, Australia
Countries Australia
Facts 3
Land
Dedicated in 2000, Dhimurru became the Northern Territory's first Indigenous Protected Area and the first IPA to cover sea country as well as land.
As of 2000 Source: Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (Australian Government), Only Yolŋu make decisions for this land (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Governance
Yolŋu elders founded Dhimurru Aboriginal Corporation to manage their land on the Gove Peninsula and the visitors who come to it.
Source: Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (Australian Government), Only Yolŋu make decisions for this land (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
Language
The name Dhimurru means east wind, the wind that carries the monsoon rains and brings new life to the land.
Source: Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (Australian Government), Only Yolŋu make decisions for this land (opens in a new tab) Checked Suggest a correction to this fact
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