Central Land Council in Alice Springs, Northern Territory | Community organisation

Central Land Council

Locality: Alice Springs, Northern Territory

Phone: +61 8 8951 6211

Address: 27 Stuart Hwy 0870 Alice Springs, NT, Australia

Website: http://www.clc.org.au

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23.01.2022 During the COVID community lockdown, Kaltukatjara Rangers Andrew and Bernard were very lucky to get to travel to Nunin which is near Pantu (Lake Amadeus). They went there to see what the track was like as Ranger Tracey wanted to do a school trip with the Areyonga kids to Nunin. They drove from Kaltuktjara across to Watarrka. The track was very bad so they decided it wouldn't be safe to take kids here on a school trip. ... Wasting no opportunity, the rangers did a lot of exploring looking for kapi (water) places based on old hand drawn maps that traditional owners made in the 1980’s. They found some really nice places and took GPS coordinates and photographs to bring back to the old people in community. The rangers also looked for a place called Purku but they couldn't find it. (When they got home, they found out that they had been only 100m away from Purku when they gave up! Exploring in the desert can be like that - so close and yet so far away!) The Kaltukatjara Rangers also placed a remote camera at Nunin to see what animals were visiting. From the photos they learned that a fox is living there. Also a clever Kanka (crow) brought a water bottle to the waterhole, but it didn't fill it up. They also saw Tjurki on the camera, the owlet nightjar. Rangers were excited to see him as he isn't around much at the moment.

23.01.2022 Over summer the Kaltukatjara Rangers placed a remote camera at a waterhole called Piyultjara. This water never dries up so you can always find waru (black-footed rock wallaby). The waru is a vulnerable species due to predators like feral cats and foxes, as well as habitat decline by livestock.

20.01.2022 Did they sell you an unaffordable phone plan?

19.01.2022 Our Tjakura Rangers are helping the Voyages resort and Desert Wildlife Services with their annual wildlife survey at Yulara. This brush-tailed mulgara, or murtja in Pitjantjatjara, may look sweet, but she's a carnivorous marsupial and close cousin to the quoll and Tasmanian devil. She had no problem reminding her human friends who's boss, with teeth! Mulgara are a vulnerable species in the Northern Territory due to feral cats and habitat decline. ... Check out the "mohawk" of black hairs on her orange tail. After checking her pouch, this healthy female was gently released to return to her burrow among the spinifex.

19.01.2022 FLASH BACK Flashback to the lovely Julienne Farmer with her Tjulpu (bird) at a skills development workshop in Kaltukatjara Community (NT) generously funded by... Central Land Council in 2020. We have just uploaded a series of these birds to the online store, head over there to check them out! https://tjanpi.com.au/

17.01.2022 This online forum will bring together speakers from Indigenous and frontline communities across the globe, including Alice Springs, to address the impact of climate change and how they are organising to stop it. Register here: https://cop26coalition.org/global-gathering-registration/

16.01.2022 Ahead of tomorrow Mparntwe NAIDOC Community Day. Please bring a nice cold water bottle to keep hydrated, wear a hat, lets look after eachother and enjoy a good ...day and remember be at the Alice Springs Town Council Lawns from 9.30am onwards for a 10am sharp start. #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek2020 See more

16.01.2022 Congratulations everyone! What a long wait!!

14.01.2022 Congratulations to Karlu Karlu (Devils Marbles) traditional owner Randall Morrison, who celebrated his birthday at the joint management meeting near the conservation reserve.

13.01.2022 The Central Land Council's Annual Report 2019-2020 is now online. Visit our website (link in comments below) to see what we’ve achieved.

08.01.2022 Hubert Pareroultja learnt how to paint his country from his father. Now he's taken out this year's 2020 Art Gallery of NSW's Wynne prize for his spectatcular watercolour; Tjoritja, West MacDonnell ranges. : ABC Alice Springs

03.01.2022 Congratulations to Marlene Rubuntja, who took home a Lofty Award this weekend! Marlene is also the inaugural Vincent Lingiari Art Award winner. "This year’s Lofty Award goes to an artist whose practice is embedded deeply in humour, story, generosity and place. With a profound insight into the complex issues of life in Central Australia this artist has found a way through art, to celebrate the beauty, question the injustices, and showcase the unique resilient spirit of Central Australia."

02.01.2022 Near Kaltuktjara (Docker River) there is a women's place called Tjawata, part of the Kungka Kutjara Tjukurpa (two women's dreaming). This is also where you find kaltuka, large ants which can really hurt you. Here there are some very special and rare pilpira (ghost gum), you cant find them in many other places. Every few years women rangers go out and cut all the invasive buffel grass around the trees so the gums don’t catch alight in those really hot wildfires. ... The rangers protected 14 trees and took GPS data for mapping, so they know which ones need to be done again after some good rains.

02.01.2022 David Ross only had to wait 10 months for his Order of Australia medal, but that’s COVID for you. Richly deserved!

01.01.2022 Traditional Owners in Ltyentye Apurte spent more than $317,000 of their community lease money on floodlights around the footy oval so that teams can train and play games at night!

01.01.2022 DKA and Central Land Council were honoured to host the Hon Ken Wyatt AM, MP at the Desert Knowledge Precinct yesterday. The two organisations and the Minister f...or Indigenous Australians discussed the work of Central Australian projects. #alicesprings #northernterritory #DKAconnect #DKPrecinct #Codes4Life #Intyalheme #CLC #CentralLandCouncil #desertleadership