Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is an

Aboriginal Australian Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait Islands ...

-owned pastoral lease, within the

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area, south-west of

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, east from

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(Ayers Rock), south-east of Kings Canyon/

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and from

Mount Ebenezer Mount Ebenezer Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is situated about north east of Yulara and south west of Alice Springs. The lease shares a boundary with other pastoral ...

Roadhouse on the

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. The property is a

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held by the Imanpa Development Association. It was declared and formally recognised as an

Indigenous Protected Area An Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is a class of protected area used in Australia; each is formed by voluntary agreement with Indigenous Australians, and declared by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander representative organisations ...

as part of the

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scheme on 10 June 2009. The property forms part of

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. Previous land management practices and other

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pressures had damaged Angas Downs, and many native species have disappeared. Preferred game and important animals are less common and feral animals and weeds pose a major challenge. AD Opening

Through the support of the Australian Government's Caring for our Country, Working on Country and Indigenous Protected Areas programs, Anangu Rangers and the Imanpa community are addressing these challenges, restoring the landscape and protecting its cultural sites. Land management is based on Kuka Kanyini, "looking after game animals" and aims to increase species which aid the environment. The

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of Canberra Burley Griffin has also been providing support to the project.

Significance of Angas Downs

Angas Downs is important to the Indigenous people in the region ( Anangu). As well as biodiversity value, it has significant

Tjukurpa The Dreaming, also referred to as Dreamtime, is a term devised by early anthropologists to refer to a religio-cultural worldview attributed to Australian Aboriginal beliefs. It was originally used by Francis Gillen, quickly adopted by his co ...

(Indigenous law and customary knowledge) places and sacred sites where ceremonies continue to occur. Today the IPA provides employment and income for the Indigenous community, creates learning and training opportunities, and improves health (through exercise and diet). It reconnects the traditional people of this area to their land and culture, instilling a sense of pride.

Natural resources

Angas Downs has rich natural and cultural resources. There are many different types of vegetation and landscapes including Mulga woodlands (''

Acacia aneura ''Acacia aneura'', commonly known as mulga or true mulga, is a shrub or small tree native to arid outback areas of Australia. It is the dominant tree in the habitat to which it gives its name ( mulga) that occurs across much of inland Australia. ...

''), gypsum depressions, limestone plains, Spinifex ('' Triodia'' spp.) sand dunes, Desert Oak (''

Allocasuarina decaisneana ''Allocasuarina decaisneana'' or desert oak is a medium-sized, slow-growing tree found in the dry desert regions of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. The Anangu peoples know the tree as kurkara. Description Th ...

'') woodlands, alluvial floodplains and quartzite hills. Angas Downs has rich bird life and is home to many species of animals and reptiles many of which are important food and

totems A totem (from oj, ᑑᑌᒼ, italics=no or ''doodem'') is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe, such as in the Anishinaabe clan system. While ''the wo ...

to the local Anangu. Vulnerable listed (NT) quandong (''

Santalum acuminatum ''Santalum acuminatum'', the desert quandong, is a hemiparasitic plant in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae, (Native to Australia) which is widely dispersed throughout the central deserts and southern areas of Australia. The species, especiall ...

'') also occurs on Angas Downs, although they struggle against

camel A camel (from: la, camelus and grc-gre, κάμηλος (''kamēlos'') from Hebrew or Phoenician: גָמָל ''gāmāl''.) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'' that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. C ...

browsing. Several species of native mammal including

echidna Echidnas (), sometimes known as spiny anteaters, are quill-covered monotremes (egg-laying mammals) belonging to the family Tachyglossidae . The four extant species of echidnas and the platypus are the only living mammals that lay eggs and the ...

s, Ooldea dunnart, lesser hairy-footed dunnart,

kultarr The kultarr (''Antechinomys laniger'') (also called the "jerboa-marsupial" or marsupial jerboa) is a small insectivorous nocturnal marsupial inhabiting the arid interior of Australia. Preferred habitat includes stony deserts, shrubland, woodland ...

, euro (

eastern wallaroo The common wallaroo (''Osphranter robustus''), also known as the euro, hill wallaroo, or simply wallaroo, is a species of macropod. The word ''euro'' is particularly applied to one subspecies (''O. r. erubescens'').WE Poole and JC Merchant (198 ...

red kangaroo The red kangaroo (''Osphranter rufus'') is the largest of all kangaroos, the largest terrestrial mammal native to Australia, and the largest extant marsupial. It is found across mainland Australia, except for the more fertile areas, such as sou ...

Gould's wattled bat Gould's wattled bat (''Chalinolobus gouldii'') is a species of Australian wattled bat named after the English naturalist John Gould.Chruszcz, Bryan & Barclay, M. R. (2002)''Mammalian Species'' Chalinolobus gouldii The American Society of Mammal ...

lesser long-eared bat ''Nyctophilus geoffroyi'' is a vespertilionid bat, a flying nocturnal mammal found in Australia, The species is relatively common. They have been referred to as the lesser long-eared bat. Taxonomy It is the type species of genus ''Nyctophilus' ...

spinifex hopping mouse The spinifex hopping mouse (''Notomys alexis''), also known as the tarkawara or tarrkawarra, occurs throughout the central and western Australian arid zones, occupying both spinifex-covered sand flats and stabilised sand dunes, and loamy mulga ...

, sandy inland mouse and

dingo The dingo (''Canis familiaris'', ''Canis familiaris dingo'', ''Canis dingo'', or ''Canis lupus dingo'') is an ancient (Basal (phylogenetics), basal) lineage of dog found in Australia (continent), Australia. Its taxonomic classification is de ...

s have been recorded on the Angas Downs Pastoral Lease. Also, fresh tracks and a burrow of a ''

Dasycercus Mulgaras are the two small rat-sized species in the genus ''Dasycercus''. They are marsupial carnivores, closely related to the Tasmanian devil and the quolls, that live in deserts and spinifex grasslands of arid Australia. They are nocturnal, ...

'' spp. likely to be the

crest-tailed mulgara The crest-tailed mulgara (''Dasycercus cristicauda''), is a small to medium-sized Australian carnivorous marsupial and a member of the family Dasyuridae (meaning "hairy tail") which includes quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, Tasmanian devil and exti ...

(''Dasycercus cristicauda'') were seen by Latz in July 2002. Remote infrared cameras also caught an endangered woma python
on camera
in a cave in the central sandstone hills - the Liddle Range - in Nov 2012. Ninety-nine (99) species of birds have been recorded on Angas Downs.

Emu The emu () (''Dromaius novaehollandiae'') is the second-tallest living bird after its ratite relative the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus ''Dromaius''. The emu' ...

, bustard (bush turkey) are important Tjukurpa and game species and mulga parrot, Major Mitchell's cockatoo, Australian ringneck, Bourke's parrot and budgerigar are common
Checklists
are available for Angas Downs. Other mammals have the potential to exist on Angas Downs and may be discovered with more extensive trapping and survey work to be undertaken on Angas Downs by volunteer scientists and the Angas Downs

Indigenous ranger The Indigenous ranger projects were introduced by the Australian Government in 2007 as part of its Working on Country program. Indigenous rangers are Indigenous Australians who combine traditional knowledge with conservation training in order to p ...

s. With effective management of water and sustainable harvesting of populations of native wildlife, Angas Downs could become a significant location for conservation in central Australia. Rangers on Angas Downs are improving the environment to protect and increase important animals and plants using a combination of traditional knowledge and western science.

Pastoral history

Angas Downs Station was first taken up for pastoral purposes by William Liddle in 1927. He and his descendants, ran sheep and then cattle until the 1990s. As with many pastoral enterprises during the 1980s and 1990s, Angas Downs struggled financially and was eventually taken over by the mortgagee in 1994 before being purchased by the nearby

Imanpa Imanpa is a community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is seven kilometres north of the Lasseter Highway, the main road running between the Stuart Highway and Uluru (Ayers Rock). Imanpa lies 160 kilometres east of Uluru and 200 kilomet ...

community. Since 1994, it has been owned by the Imanpa Development Association Inc., and managed by their company Lisanote Pty. Ltd. Descendants of William Liddle have living areas on the property. Frederick GG Rose visited Angas Downs during July–October 1962 and documented the people and ways of life. He took specific interest in documenting the process of change in Aboriginal culture in context with contact with white civilisation. He also reported the genealogy of the Liddle family and other Aboriginals living on Angas Downs. More information on Aboriginal histories of Angas Downs can be found in Fred Rose's Book "The wind of change in central Australia: The Aborigines at Angas Downs, 1962". In 2009, Angas Downs was declared an Indigenous Protected Area and remains a resource for members of the Imanpa Community, some of whom grew up and worked on Angas Downs. The property still runs 300-400 head of cattle, restricted to a 266 km² paddock in the southeast. Tourists can join tours to Angas Downs led by members of the Imanpa community to learn about the pastoral, cultural and natural history of the property.

Imanpa

Residents of Imanpa include Matuntara descendants (the original occupiers of Angas Downs region),

Yankunytjatjara The Yankunytjatjara people, also written Yankuntjatjarra, Jangkundjara, and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the state of South Australia. Language Yankunytjatjara is a Western Desert language belonging to the Wati lan ...

and

Pitjantjatjara The Pitjantjatjara (; or ) are an Aboriginal people of the Central Australian desert near Uluru. They are closely related to the Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra and their languages are, to a large extent, mutually intelligible (all are vari ...

people. The Imanpa Development Association holds the lease for Angas Downs through its company Lisanote Pty Ltd.

Challenges

As for many remote Indigenous Communities in Australia, the

Community faces significant health, employment and educational challenges. Senior men and women say there is a breakdown in the old ways and that law and culture - the

is being lost. Land management activities restore the station environment and also improve the self-esteem and motivation of the Indigenous people by appealing to their aspiration to care for their country, and provide opportunities for training, employment and economic development. The Anangu elders, the ''Tjilpis'' and ''Myinkmaku'', believe many social and health problems are the result of a breakdown in the old ways, and that implementation of

(Anangu customary knowledge) and restoring the land would help solve these problems. ''Piranpa'' (white fella science) and

can work together to do these things. It will make sure Tjukurpa and culture continue, and get children and grandchildren to learn about land. Looking after land is the key to Tjukurpa. Also more bush tucker means healthier food. Anangu want to increase the amount of kuka (game animals like

emu The emu () (''Dromaius novaehollandiae'') is the second-tallest living bird after its ratite relative the ostrich. It is endemic to Australia where it is the largest native bird and the only extant member of the genus ''Dromaius''. The emu' ...

(''Dromaius novaehollandiae'') and

(''Macropus rufus'') and mai (plant food) like quandong (''

'')). Anangu also want to bring back species that aren’t in the land any more like mala and

common brushtail possum The common brushtail possum (''Trichosurus vulpecula'', from the Greek for "furry tailed" and the Latin for "little fox", previously in the genus ''Phalangista'') is a nocturnal, semiarboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, native to Austr ...

Tjuki tells a dreaming story about Manpi (pigeon)

Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area Plan of Management

Through the support of the Australian Government's Caring for our Country, Working on Country and

Indigenous Protected Areas An Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is a class of protected area used in Australia; each is formed by voluntary agreement with Indigenous Australians, and declared by Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islander representative organisations ...

programs, Anangu Rangers and the

community are restoring the landscape and protecting their cultural heritage using the Kuka Kanyini principles. A plan of management was prepared by the members of the community with support from Australian Wildlife Services. It draws on traditional land management practices and sets out priorities for scientists and wildlife managers to work with Anangu from

to increase kuka (game), control ferals and protect cultural sites and the environment. Objectives To manage land and wildlife resources in order to maintain Anangu culture, conserve biodiversity and enable sustainable production in support of human communities and economic development. In greater detail, the plan sets out how to: * increase wildlife populations and estimate hunting yields * identify wildlife refuge areas * restore and protect water sources * restore patch burning practices * control feral animals and weeds * exchange information across the region. The plan outlines the significance of Angas Downs’ biodiversity, the importance of its conservation and its contribution to the Imanpa Community. It details environment restoration and significantly, proposes development of a wildlife sanctuary and breeding facility and a tourist facility. It restricts cattle to a 250km2 zone to protect other more fragile and significant regions of Angas Downs. ''"Ara nyangaku tjungurni Anangu-ku ara (Tjukurpa / Wapar) munu piran-ku (scientific) ara wirura Malu; Kalaya; Tinka munu Tjulpu tjuta-ku ngura, palyanyku atunymankunytjaku, nganampa ngura munu mai ngaranyangka uranma"'' "Mixing Anangu customary knowledge - the Tjukurpa (law) with Piranpa (non-Anangu) scientific knowledge to improve wildlife habitat, enhance landscapes, and harvest species on a sustainable basis."

Benefits of indigenous involvement in land management

The benefit of Indigenous Australians working in land and wildlife management is well documented. Proactive Indigenous wildlife management combined with science can support sustainable harvesting, provide employment and income, create learning and training opportunities, improve Indigenous health (through exercise and diet) and reconnect them to the land and their cultural values, installing a sense of pride. Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area aims to provide opportunities to Indigenous Australians to become involved in wildlife and land management and use their own knowledge to make decisions affecting their land. The IPA provides employment and income for theIndigenous community, creates learning and training opportunities, and improves health (through exercise and diet).

Angas Downs Anangu Rangers

Anangu Rangers employed by the Indigenous Protected Area and Working on Country program are putting in fences to keep ferals out, building a wildlife sanctuary area, increasing watering points and cleaning water troughs to encourage more kuka species (''malu''

, ''kalaya''

,'' Ngintaka''

perentie The perentie (''Varanus giganteus'') is the largest monitor lizard or goanna native to Australia. It is one of the largest living lizards on earth, after the Komodo dragon, Asian water monitor, crocodile monitor, and intersecting by size with Ni ...

, ''tinka''

goanna A goanna is any one of several species of lizards of the genus '' Varanus'' found in Australia and Southeast Asia. Around 70 species of ''Varanus'' are known, 25 of which are found in Australia. This varied group of carnivorous reptiles ranges ...

) and healthier landscapes. Angas Downs rangers are: * Restoring and reactivating water sources * Erecting feral animal exclusion fences (see

Australian feral camel Australian feral camels are feral populations of dromedaries (''Camelus dromedarius'') in Australia. Imported from British India and Afghanistan during the 19th century for transport and construction during the colonisation of the central and ...

) * Implementing feral animal eradication programs * Controlling weeds and restoring native species * Helping to increase native species, especially kuka (game) species * Monitoring wildlife and landscapes using Cybertracker * Implementing patch burning * Documenting bush tucker, medicine plants and cultural places * Helping to start small scale tourism on Angas Downs * Setting up breeding and holding facilities for emus * Fencing and fire protection for rare plants such as Christmas tree mulga and quandong.

Small mammal and reptile surveys

Angas Downs Rangers conduct regular reptile and small mammal surveys across Angas Down’s landscapes with scientists and volunteers using pitfall and funnel traps, and active searches. 51 reptile, 10 mammal (including one bat) and 4 frog species have been recorded to date. ''Simoselaps betholdi'' (Jan's banded snake), ''Suta punctata'' (little spotted snake), ''

Demansia psammophis The yellow-faced whip snake (''Demansia psammophis'') is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae, a family containing many dangerous snakes. ''D. psammophis'' is endemic to Australia, found throughout the continent in a variety of hab ...

'' (yellow-faced whipsnake), ''Tiliqua multifasciata'' (Centralian blue-tongued skink), '' Ramphotyphlops endoterus'' (interior blind snake), ''Pygopus nigriceps'' (western hooded scaly-foot), woma, ''

Nephrurus The genus ''Nephrurus'', collectively referred to as the knob-tailed geckos (or “knob-tails”), comprises several species of small, desert-dwelling, drought-tolerant Australian gecko. They are named for their stubby, knob-like tails, and are ...

laevissimus'', ''

levis levis'', ''Morethia ruficauda'' and ''Egernia inornata'' (desert skink) among others have been detected. Mammals detected included

, Wongai ningaui, spinifex hopping mice, sandy inland mice and lesser hairy-footed dunnart.

Emu breeding on Angas Downs

Emu populations are very low on Angas Downs, as is the case in much of the Northern Territory. They are an important species to the local Anangu and traditional owners and to ecological processes. In combination with land management and control of feral animals, Anangu rangers will implement an emu breeding program to increase emus in the landscape. Local knowledge has suggested that emus may also increase the success of quandong (''Santalum acuminatum'') germination after the seed is eaten and has passed through the gut - this could be due to a combination of seed coat break down and being deposited in rich nutrient filled dung. They also help to disperse the seeds across the landscape. It is a goal of Angas Downs to increase bush tucker species such as quandong and will trial use of emus in quandong regeneration in coming years In August 2010, Anangu Rangers took delivery of 20 emu chicks from an emu farm in WA. They were flown into Ayers Rock airport (

Uluru Uluru (; pjt, Uluṟu ), also known as Ayers Rock ( ) and officially Gazette#Gazette as a verb, gazetted as UluruAyers Rock, is a large sandstone geological formation, formation in the centre of Australia. It is in the southern part of the ...

) by

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and driven to the Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area. After successful breeding, the emus will be released into a larger sanctuary area on Angas Downs. Angas Downs rangers also now own an egg incubator which will be used for increasing breeding success in following years. The chicks and incubator were bought with donations provided by the Rotary Club of Canberra Burley Griffin. Progress of the emu chicks can be foun
here

Aerial surveys of Angas Downs - camels, kangaroos and feral horse populations

Aerial surveys of the Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area and surrounding lands were completed in June 2010. The survey was flown by Dr George Wilson using standard procedures for fixed-wing aircraft surveys. Indigenous observer, Brad Lander, and Jennifer Smits counted animals seen at low level and 200m on either side of the aircraft. Species targeted/observed included camels, kangaroos, horses, feral cattle, emus, euros, dingos and bustards (turkeys). The study was vital to understanding populations of kangaroos and pressures from camel and horse populations on the property and hence native wildlife. Using mapping program ArcGis 9.3, observations were interpolated to form maps showing spatial variability (animals/km²) of populations across the region. Estimated average density rates of kangaroos and camels across Angas Downs was 0.91 ± 0.16 and 0.24 ±0.07 per km² respectively. It was noted that camel populations were largely dispersed due to recent high rainfall in central Australia (as at June 2010). Spatial variability of grazing pressures was also investigated.

Trial tours

Angas Downs is interested in development of small scale, tourism ventures. Angas Downs is on the main road to Uluru National Park and Watarrka National Park and has many thousands of visitors cross it each week. Led by members of the Imanpa community, Australian Wildlife Services helped coordinate a few trial tour runs through the property including Rotary groups interested in culture, education and philanthropic activities and University/TAFE student groups interested in environment and wildlife. Angas Downs participated in a workshop called ‘Stepping Stones’ at the Imanpa community in May 2010 to help develop tourism on Angas Downs.

Support for Angas Downs

There is also potential for other benefactors to provide support, technical advice and training to the Anangu Rangers who are being employed to complete the work. The Rotary Club of Canberra Burley Griffin raised funds for installation of a solar pump to feed a trough for wildlife, 20 emu chicks for breeding and an emu egg incubator to raise

chicks. The emus in captivity continue to be supported by the Rotary Club via funding for emu food.

International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, South Africa

Angas Downs' Indigenous Rangers were lucky to be sponsored to visit South Africa and attend the International Wildlife Ranching Symposium, South Africa in Kimberley in October 2011. The theme of the Symposium was – The business of conservation – science, livelihoods and values. Anangu Rangers benefited from an itinerary that enabled them to witness and be exposed to: * intensive wildlife management including techniques for moving wildlife on game ranches * Indigenous guides and rangers in national parks in private game reserves * tourism and accommodation based on conservation of wildlife and land management.

Gallery

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'') fruit & seeds at Angas Downs, NT File:Thorny Devil4.jpg, Thorny devil (''

Moloch horridus The thorny devil (''Moloch horridus''), also known commonly as the mountain devil, thorny lizard, thorny dragon, and moloch, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Australia. It is the sole species in the ge ...

'') is the Angas Downs mascot and appears on the logo File:ADMalu3.jpg, Red kangaroo (''

Macropus rufus The red kangaroo (''Osphranter rufus'') is the largest of all kangaroos, the largest terrestrial mammal native to Australia, and the largest extant marsupial. It is found across mainland Australia, except for the more fertile areas, such as ...

'') on Angas Downs File:Strophurus elderi Jewelled gecko.JPG, ''

Strophurus elderi ''Strophurus elderi'', also known Common name, commonly as the jewelled gecko, is a Terrestrial animal, terrestrial, Nocturnality, nocturnal species of gecko, a lizard in the Family (biology), family Diplodactylidae. Previously classified within ...

'' jewelled gecko on Angas Downs File:Ctenotus helenae.JPG, '' Ctenotus helenae'' on Angas Downs IPA, NT File:Ctenotus leae on Angas Downs.JPG, '' Ctenotus leae'' on Angas Downs File:Delma demosa on Angas Downs IPA, NT.JPG, '' Delma demosa'' on Angas Downs IPA, NT File:Burtons legless lizard on Angas Downs IPA, NT.JPG,

Burton's legless lizard Burton's legless lizard (''Lialis burtonis'') is a species of lizard in the family Pygopodidae. The species lacks forelegs and has only rudimentary hind legs. Pygopodid lizards are also referred to as "legless lizards",Bradshaw SD, Gans C, Giro ...

on Angas Downs IPA, NT File:Bynoe's gecko.JPG, Bynoe's gecko on Angas Downs IPA, NT File:Remote camera capture of Woma.JPG, Remote camera capture of

woma python The woma python (''Aspidites ramsayi''), also known Common name, commonly as Ramsay's python, the sand python,O'Connor F (2008)Western Australian Reptile Species.Birding Western Australia. Accessed 20 September 2007.Mehrtens JM (1987). ''Living ...

on Angas Downs IPA, NT File:Varanus gouldii camera lure.JPG, Using Remote camera and lure to capture sand

on camera - on Angas Downs IPA, NT File:Ranger David Wongway.JPG, Angas Downs Ranger David Wongway on Angas Downs, NT File:Emu chick on Angas Downs.jpg, Emu chick on Angas Downs Aug 2010 File:Emu Juvenilles Angas Downs.jpg, Juvenile emus getting bigger on Angas Downs Dec 2010 File:Emus on Angas Downs March 2012.JPG, The baby emus all grown up on Angas Downs in March 2012 thanks to generous support from the Canberra Burley Griffin Rotary Club File:Emu at Angas Downs.JPG,

in captivity on Angas Downs

References

{{Reflist Indigenous Protected Areas of Australia Protected areas of the Northern Territory Indigenous Australian reserves Stations (Australian agriculture) Pastoral leases in the Northern Territory Pitjantjatjara