Protecting Sacred Sites within the Northern Territory.
We assist with the resolution of land claims, process and facilitate applications for community living areas on pastoral properties, provide appropriate information and assistance in respect of native title applications and a range of ad hoc Aboriginal land issues and process permit applications for public servants to enter Aboriginal land and seas to provide Government services.
The Department of Lands, Planning and the Environment is responsible for managing the Territory's unique cultural and natural heritage. It ensures that the Northern Territory Heritage Conservation Act 1991 is administered effectively. It provides a system for the identification, assessment, recording, conservation and protection of heritage places and objects.
The Northern Territory contains a rich and diverse range of Aboriginal archaeological places, which are evidence of the occupation of the Northern Territory by Aboriginal people for tens of thousands of years. In the Northern Territory, all Aboriginal and Macassan archaeological places and objects are automatically protected by the Heritage Act. This reflects the importance of such places to Aboriginal people and to the wider community, including for their scientific value.
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