Based at Galiwin'ku on Elcho Island, the Marthakal Indigenous Protected Area was dedicated in 2016. The Gumurr Marthakal Rangers manage 323,048 hectares of coastal land, intertidal waters and island chains. They also manage around one million hectares of surrounding sea country.
The rangers’ work includes:
- monitoring and removing ghost nets from their patrol area
- managing coffee bush
- monitoring billabongs for the potential arrival of mimosa.
The rangers also undertake annual monitoring of the threatened northern quoll. The quolls were relocated from the mainland to protect them from poisonous cane toads
State: NT - Arnhem Land region
Administration Organisation
Marthakal Homelands and Resource Centre Aboriginal Corporation and Northern Land Council