The manganese mine on Groote Eylandt could make a profit of $500 million over 10-15 years. About 5 percent of the money would immediately be put into community projects. The rest would go into a special trust fund. The fund already holds about $200 million in royalties paid to Traditional Owners by the Gemco manganese mine. But...

The Anindilyakwa Land Council (ALC), which represents people on the 40 islands that make up the Groote archipelago in the Gulf of Carpentaria, is lobbying the Northern Territory Government to allow the islanders to break away from the Nhulunbuy-based East Arnhem Regional Council and form their own council. “We’ve got nothing against the...

On 5 June 2020 the Biosecurity Determination was lifted. Accordingly, there are no longer any restrictions on persons travelling to the Groote Archipelago from elsewhere within the Northern Territory. Persons travelling to the Groote Archipelago are no longer required to apply for a Groote Archipelago Community Access Permit. Persons...

Please be aware that the new permit required under the Biosecurity Act Determination required to enter Groote Eylandt or communities is not a Recreation Permit, and essential service providers and other holders of the ALC permit do not get automatic entry to Recreation Areas. Recreation Permits can only be purchased at the Ranger Base at Pole 13...

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In February 2020 , artists  Sharna Wurramara and Tammy Lalara made their way to Cairns to teach weaving to the Anindilyakwa kids living  in Cairns for school.  They spent time with family and made new friends weaving with the Indigenous students  at the AFL Cape York  Boarding House and Bentley College. Sharna says "We...

Groote Eylandt has proved to be one of the safest places in the world during the worst pandemic for a century. Nobody on the archipelago contracted covid-19. This is in stark contrast to other parts of the world where the virus caused an enormous number of deaths and heartache. The Anindilyakwa Land Council and the Territory Government...

In October the ALC Men's Shed Program organised a Cert 3 in Sawmilling course for our Lucas Mill team. 4 men passed the course, which was a credit to the men and trainer, Bluey from Timber Training Creswick Ltd, as we had several short days due to outside issues. The men enjoyed learning how to load a log, mill the log and stack the milled...