Protecting Sacred Sites within the Northern Territory.
The Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport has been created in recognition of the important link between the Territory's greatest assets - intact natural environment and authentic cultural traditions.
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.
Thousands of people every year visit Aboriginal land in the Top End of the Northern Territory, for a holiday, to visit family and friends, or to work. If you want to travel through Aboriginal land, it is important to plan your trip well in advance to avoid disappointment. Different permits and different conditions apply.
Approximately 100 years before European settlement (1788), the northern shores of Australia were visited by Monsoon traders from the eastern part of (modern day) Indonesia. Marine products such as trepang (a holothurian), turtle-shell (from the hawks-bill), pearls and timber were collected.
Department of Natural Resources Environment and The Arts (NRETA) has the following grants programs: Regional Museums Grant Support Program, Arts Grants Program, NT Film Grants Program, Heritage Grants, Natural Heritage Trust and Environment Grants.
The NT Heritage Register is established under the Heritage Act and contains details about all declared heritage places and objects, as well as those subject to provisional protection under the Act.
The Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts is the lead agency in relation to the Natural Heritage Trust in the Northern Territory, including receipt and distribution of Natural Heritage Trust funding. The community programs branch in the Natural Resource Management Division of this Department administers the Trust in the NT, provides support to community groups, industry and government who receive Natural Heritage Trust funding.