Staff at the Anindilyakwa Land Council head office on Groote Eylandt will soon have room to move. A $1.5 million extension to the building will allow better accommodation for 10 new staff spaces and ease overcrowding for the other 140 workers. “At the moment, we’re crammed in,” says land council infrastructure and development...

Work has begun on the Alternative to Custody Centre on Groote. The centre will not have any fencing – but it is being built in a remote spot on the Marble Point Track, which means anyone leaving on foot will have a long way to walk through the bush to reach Umbakumba. “Nobody will be contained,” says Anindilyakwa Land Council...

Groote’s aquaculture project is to take another leap forward when research into oyster farming gets underway soon. It is hoped that a trial to grow blacklip oysters will lead to a lucrative industry. The Anindilyakwa Land Council wants the project to concentrate on high-end seafood, such as oysters, clams, trepang and tropical...

Anindilyakwa Land & Sea Rangers will benefit from the Territory Government’s promise to invest nearly $12 million to continue the Aboriginal ranger program. The funding will ensure about 1000 rangers from 47 ranger groups throughout the Territory are further supported with jobs on-country, and continued access to resources to...

Anindilyakwa Land & Sea Rangers and East Arnhem vets are asking people to not move dogs between communities. The deadly disease E. canis is spreading on the mainland and the Anindilyakwa Land Council doesn’t want it to reach Groote Eylandt. People are being asked not to bring dogs to Groote or Bickerton from Numbulwar. All...

The days have long gone when an entire school class on Groote Eylandt had one pair of football boots between them. A Queensland organisation called Boots for One and All sent a pallet full of boots to the archipelago. Founder Natalie Contogeorge told the ABC: "Sport is not cheap and football boots are not cheap," Ms Contogeorge said. "It...

Singer Emily Wurramarar always calls Groote Eylandt home wherever she goes. She was educated in Brisbane and now lives in Tasmania. But the ARIA-nominated performer says: “Groote will  always be my island home. It's where my grandparents sleep, my ancestors. It’s where my family are. “I always feel that connection no matter...

The Strong Women’s Group on Groote Eylandt enjoyed a special International Women’s Day lunch at the  Alyangula Recreation Club. Women from the art centre took part and shared their latest designs in a fashion show. The artists and designers were led by Noeleen Lalara and Maicie Lalara, who both have training and experience as...

Tourism Australia is promoting Groote Eylandt as an adventure holiday destination. Potential holidaymakers down south are being told that Groote is a beautiful place – “the remote Aussie island you’ve never heard of”. Leading travel writer Kate Bettes describes the archipelago as a “paradise, rich with wildlife”. Groote,...