#land-rights

#land-rights

With the arrival of missionaries in the Northern Territory in the 1930s, and bauxite mining companies and commercial fishing in the decades that followed, Yolŋu people were forced to fight for their land, their sea and their way of life.

Israeli occupation forces demolished almost the entire village of Khallet al-Dabe' in just two and a half hours, leaving the community in ruins.

The governor told me: 'This is a presidential order. Either give up the land or go to jail,' said one farmer who spoke on condition of anonymity over fear of reprisal for commenting publicly on the issue.

The people of Kau do not want any kind of development down in Punaluu. We would love to keep the place country, free from development.

Atta Jaber's family has farmed the Baqa'a Valley for hundreds of years, but since 1967, their land has been gradually confiscated by Israeli settlers.