Yolŋu Land Could Launch Satellites

Documents obtained by The Weekend Australian reveal that the Northern Land Council will shortly begin consulting tradi­tional owners and other locals about plans to lease a site in Arnhem Land to Equatorial Launch Australia, a firm that wants to blast off small satellites.

The land on the Gove Peninsula belongs to Galarrwuy Yunu­pingu’s Gumatj clan, and is close to the site known as Gulkula that is used for the Garma Festival.