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Introduction Alice to Darwin Railway

The Larrakia Development Corporation is building the new suburb of Darla in the Palmerston region

Introduction

A wide variety of Government departments do business on Aboriginal land, in the areas of construction, infrastructure and service provision.

A major agreement in 1999 between the Northern Land Council and the Northern Territory Government involved providing access to the land corridor required for the Alice Springs to Darwin railway. The Northern Land Council is now closely involved in the training and employment of Aboriginal people on the railway project within its geographical area.

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The Northern Land Council was also instrumental in negotiating a native title settlement between Darwin's Larrakia people and the NT Government in December 2001, which will see the urban development of 250 hectares in the Rosebery/Bellamack area, part of Darwin's Palmerston region.

As part of the overall development the Larrakia Development Corporation is in charge of constructing 390 residential units on 50 hectares of land, which will become the new suburb of Darla. This $24 million project will lead to significant employment and training opportunities for Larrakia people in the housing and construction industry.

Examples of other work carried out by the Northern Land Council are:

	lighthouse leases,
	automatic weather station leases,
	television and radio transmitter leases,
	navigation aid leases,
	barge landing agreements,
	council licence agreements,
	local government matters,
	salination plants,
	airstrips,
	roads,
	water bores,
	RAAF radar beacon leases and
	PowerWater matters.

The telecommunications carrier Telstra also has a close involvement with the Northern Land Council.