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26-527: (Redirected from Laragiya ) Larrakia (also Larrakeyah and other variants) may refer to: Larrakia people , an ethnic group of Australia Larrakia language , their language Larrakeyah , a suburb of Darwin, Australia Larrakeyah Barracks , the primary Australian military base in the Northern Territory Radio Larrakia , a Darwin-based FM-band community radio station Larrakia Park,

52-565: A central tableland tribe and a horde called the Agoguila. The Wulwulam's numbers grew as a result of the rapid reduction of members of two tribes to their south and west as European colonization developed, namely the Agikwala, Awinmul and Awarai . Remnants of the two were absorbed into the Wulwulam as subtribal hordes . Copper mining discovered near Mt. Haywood in 1882 led to the development of

78-557: A cost of $ 20 million. In December 2000, Justice Gray's report rejected the claims of three of the claimant groups, finding only that six people belonging to the Tommy Lyons family fell within the statutory test of 'traditional Aboriginal owners'. He therefore recommended that approximately 600 km be handed back to the Larrakia people in a grant to an appropriate Aboriginal Land Trust, whose benefits would accrue to all 1,600 members of

104-529: A group of Aboriginal Australian people in and around Darwin in the Northern Territory . The Larrakia, who refer to themselves as "Saltwater People", have a vibrant traditional society based on a close relationship with the sea and trade with neighbouring groups such as the Tiwi , Wadjiginy and Djerimanga . These groups share ceremonies and songlines , and intermarry. The Larrakia were originally known as

130-474: A long search they finally found a great portion of the tribe gathered at the abandoned mine. They surrounded them, drove them into a lagoon, and shot them all, men, women and children. The pogrom continued for some years, enfeebling what had been the most powerful Daly river tribe, and also decimating the Mulluk-Mulluk tribe. Four Wulwulam men, Tommy, Jimmy, Daly, and Ajibbingwagne, were put on trial for

156-409: A month on duty. As early as October 1972 the Larrakia had begun to assert their rights to land through the 1972 Larrakia Petition , when a 1,000 Larrakia tried to present a 11 feet (3.4 m) arguing their land was taken by British settlers, leaving the Larrakia refugees in their own country to Princess Margaret with their signatures, on the occasion of her visit to Darwin. After the passage of

182-759: A park in Darwin including the Darwin Football Stadium HMAS ; Larrakia , two ships of the Royal Australian Navy Adsteam Larrakia , a tugboat and emergency response vessel operating at the Wickham Point LNG terminal See also [ edit ] Latakia (disambiguation) , a city in Syria, and related terms Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

208-635: A settlement on tribal lands along the Daly River soon afterwards, and members of the Wulwulam tribe were drawn to the site and employed there. Starting on 3 September 1884, several Wulwulam murdered four European settlers and in a reprisal known as the Coppermine massacres . Francis Herbert Sachse who ran a cattle station and also managed the mine, led the massacre at Blackfellow Creek, where an estimated 150 natives were shot, leading to their effective extermination. The Norwegian ethnographer Knut Dahl , who lived in

234-805: A smallpox epidemic from the east is said to have decimated so many members of the tribe that they had to leave the bodies unburied. With the passage of the Northern Territory Aboriginals Act 1910 , the Chief Protector of Aborigines in the Northern Territory was appointed guardian of all Aboriginal and " half-caste " children until their maturity at 18. The authorities were thus empowered to keep in, or remove from, any Aboriginal reserve , any young person, regardless of their parents' or relatives' wishes. In July 1911, on arriving to take up this position in Darwin, Herbert Basedow ordered

260-399: A survey of Aboriginal conditions in and around the town. The Larrakia were found to be the majority of Indigenous people in the eight camps, occupying in particular two near the shore. The corrugated-hut shanties were tidy and the people in relative good health. The inspectors however reported that removals were in order, to relieve the township of these "eyesores". Basedow resigned after barely

286-488: Is "to promote the financial independence and lifestyle of all Larrakia people through the commercial development of assets and to do so in such a way that promotes employment, training and business opportunities for all Larrakia people". The Larrakia Trade Training Centre is one initiative of the Larrakia Development Corporation In 1998 Radio Larrakia , broadcasting on 94.5 FM, was established to serve

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312-410: Is active in the areas of homeless support, community services, arts and culture, research, and Indigenous rangers . It generates nearly half of its income from fee-for-service and commercial activities. Its vision is "to be a strong, self-sufficient and healthy Nation of Larrakia people, participating fully in the wider economy of Darwin and the Northern Territory, where Larrakia language, law and culture

338-594: Is known, respected and valued by all members of that community". The Larrakia Development Corporation was established in 2002 by Larrakia people with the support of the Northern Land Council . The Council holds all shares in the organisation in trust for the Larrakia people. The Larrakia Development Corporation does not have a membership base; instead, its mission is enshrined in the Larrakia Development Corporation Trust deed. Its mission

364-584: The Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act in 1976, the Larrakia presented a formal land claim on 22 March 1979, the first move in what was subsequently described as 'the most complex and hard-fought land claim in the history of Aboriginal land rights.' This Kenbi Land Claim pursued rights, as traditional owners , over the land, waters and islands encompassing the Cox Peninsula. The Northern Territory government fought it for some 21 years, at

390-515: The Aboriginal community, broadcasting in over 26 Indigenous languages, providing local communities with information, interviews, community services, music and programming. The Gwalwa Daraniki Association owns title to the area of Larrakia land which contains the Town Camps of Kulaluk and Minmarama Park . Wulwulam Wulwulam land extended over some 1,900 square miles (4,900 km ) from

416-615: The Adam Bay mouth of the Adelaide River . Their hinterland extension runs down south to a depth of 46 miles to a point roughly 10 miles north of Rum Jungle . This last area forms a border, with an interdiction zone of about 8–10 miles deep. One Larrakia myth, according to one brief white account, spoke of a being, Mangarrara who lived in the heavens, at a place called Teeladla , and who created everything on earth save blackfellows. A further being, Nanganburra , lived deep in

442-471: The Full Federal Court. In 2016, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull formally handed the land back to the Larrakia people. The Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation was established in 1997 to represent the traditional owners of Darwin, the Larrakia. It is also the major Aboriginal service delivery organisation for the region. As of December 2021 Larrakia Nation has a membership of over 740 people. It

468-709: The Gulumirrgin. Larrakiya/Gulumirrgin is one of the Darwin Region languages . The traditional land of the Larrakia, in Norman Tindale 's estimation, covers approximately 1,500 square miles (3,900 km ), and took in the present day capital of Darwin , as well as Southport , Bynoe Harbour and the Howard River. It extends from the Finniss River and Fog Bay in the northeast to the vicinity of Gunn Point , west of

494-462: The Larrakia community. A setback occurred in April 2006, when a Federal Court of Australia decision denied the Larrakia's native title claim on the basis of "failure to prove continuous connection with the Darwin area". In his reasoning Justice Mansfield argued that there had not been continuous observance of traditional customs and laws. Justice Mansfield's decision was later affirmed on appeal by

520-521: The area for over a year a decade later, wrote as follows: The sequel, which in the Australian bush has always followed such murders, occurred in due course... Another gathering of white men, friends and fellows of the victims, also embarked upon a campaign of vengeance against the Wolwanga tribe, which had been responsible for the deed. The reports on this campaign vary, but participants have told me that after

546-506: The blacks descend to Nanganburra's land, and he judges whether their lives warrant their ascension to the stars, to dwell with Mangarrara. Those who fail the test are dispatched to a great fire at Omar . Still deeper down is a lake called Burcoot where Madjuitmadjuit , Mangarrara's friend, dwells. His function is to regulate the tides. In 1880 it was estimated by Paul Foelsche that the Larrakia numbered around 500 people: 100 men, 120 women, 150 youths and 130 children. Twenty years earlier

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572-417: The bowels of the earth at a site called Abigooga . The latter created the first man, Dowed , instructing him how to procreate. In old age his people disobeyed him and in retribution he caused many to die. Old women refused to eat the geese he provided, so he fashioned the first spears and speared them in the legs, and a stranger, Charac , took them to a country called Toopoorānla . He refused to hand them and

598-531: The children he had by them back when Dowed claimed them, and their descendants formed the Wulwulam people. Dowed took a young Adelaide River woman Abmadam , at Lingowa , and their offspring formed the Djerimanga . When Charac died he was transformed into a stone by a creek, touching which was fatal. When Abmadam died, she turned into a tree at Laylaloo , as did Dowed at Aleealee on the same Adelaide river. On dying

624-673: The headwaters of the Mary River westwards as far as Pine Creek , and southwards almost to Katherine . On their eastern flank, their boundary lay at the source of the South Alligator River . They were also reported in the Mount Bundy area. According to Norman Tindale , the Norwegian ethnographer Knut Dahl was referring to the Wulwulam in those passages where he wrote of the Agigondin,

650-472: The killings of 4 settlers, Johannes Lubrecht Noltenius, Jack Landers (known as Hellfire Jack ), Henry Houschildt and Schollert. The Jesuit mission diary records Sachse as still waging his campaign against the Wulwulam 4 years later, in 1888. Charlie Yingi, known as Long Legged Charlie, one of the four Aboriginal men charged for the killings, was cleared eventually and settled at the Jesuit Mission on

676-526: The title Larrakia . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Larrakia&oldid=924738711 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Larrakia people The Larrakia people are

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