Ganalanga Mindibirrina 'Home of the Waanyi Garawa people'

The Ganalanga-Mindibirrina Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) was declared on 29 June 2015 with a ceremony held at Wallace Creek on 29 June 2016.

Hear from the Waanyi and Garawa people on what the Ganalanga Mindibirrina Indigenous Protected Area means to them.

The Ganalanga-Mindibirrina IPA encompasses the Waanyi-Garawa Aboriginal Land Trust, a highly remote area of more than 1 million hectares of the Northern Territory’s southern Gulf. It's about 180km South-East of Borroloola and about 90km West of Doomadgee, Queensland.

Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) are voluntarily dedicated by Indigenous groups on Indigenous owned or managed land or sea country. Their declaration means they are now recognised by Government as an important part of the National Reserve System.

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