<h1>Aboriginal desert reserve bigger than Tasmania
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    By:AAP with AG Staff | July-11-2012


</div><p class="intro">A new Indigenous Protected Area in the NT is the largest piece of land ever put aside for conservation in Australia. 


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<p align="left"><strong>ABORIGINAL PEOPLE FROM</strong> the Tanami 
Desert in Central Australia are celebrating after the government signed 
off on the creation of a conservation area larger than Tasmania to 
be managed by <a href="http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/article-index.htm?tags=indigenous+australia">indigenous</a> rangers.</p><p>At a ceremony in the remote outback location of Sangsters Bore, about 600km northwest of Alice Springs in the <a href="http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/exploreaustralia/nt/">Northern Territory</a>, dozens of traditional owners were on hand to welcome the move.</p>
<p>"Today
 is an emotional day. Today really a freedom day," said Eddie Jampijinpa
 Robertson, a Warlpiri elder from Yuendumu, on Tuesday. "When we look 
after the land, it is what our Dreaming is." <br></p><p>Access full article below:</p><p><a href="http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/tanami-desert-indigenous-reserve-bigger-than-tasmania.htm">http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/tanami-desert-indigenous-reserve-bigger-than-tasmania.htm</a><br>
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