and Maralinga owners to administer the lands granted to them under the Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984 (SA). The head office is in Ceduna. The Maralinga Tjarutja and the Pila Nguru (or Spinifex people) also jointly own and administer the Mamungari Conservation Park, which area is contained in the area total for the council area. Emu Field is now part of the council area, too, while the Maralinga area is still a roughly square-shaped enclave within the council area. The land surveyed and known as Section 400, within the Taranaki Plumes, was returned to Traditional Ownership in 2007. This land includes the area of land occupied by the Maralinga Township and the areas in which atomic tests were carried out by the British and Australian governments. The final part of the former nuclear test site was returned in 2014. Documentary film Maralinga Tjarutja, a May 2020 television documentary film directed by Larissa Behrendt and made by Blackfella Films for ABC Television, tells the story of the people of Maralinga. It was deliberately broadcast around the same time that the drama series Operation Buffalo was on, to give voice to the Indigenous people of the area and show how it disrupted their lives. Screenhub gave it 4.5 stars, calling it an "excellent documentary". The film shows the resilience of the Maralinga Tjarutja people, in which the elders "reveal a perspective of deep time and an understanding of place that generates respect for the sacredness of both", their ancestors having lived in the area for millennia. Despite the callous disregard for their occupation of the land shown by the British and Australians involved in the testing, the people have continued to fight for their rights to look after the contaminated land. The film, which was produced by Darren Dale, won the 2020 AACTA Award for Best Direction in Nonfiction Television and the Silver Award for Documentary (Human Rights) at the 2021 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards. See also Maralinga, South Australia British nuclear tests at Maralinga Woomera Prohibited Area Downwinders Notes Citations Sources Further reading External links Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements (ATNS) project: Maralinga Tjarutja Council Southern Pitjantjatjara People Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Inc Pitjantjatjara people (Anangu Pitjantjatjara) Oak Valley (Maralinga) Inc. Maralinga Piling Trust (1994 - ) Strategy for Aboriginal Managed Lands in South Australia (2000 - ) (SAMLISA) SAMLISA Steering Committee Hansard extract from South Australian