In 1963, the Yolngu people of Yirrkala sent the bark petitions to the House of Representatives, the petition asserted that the Yolngu people owned that land and protested the Commonwealth's granting of mining rights to Nabalco of land excised from Arnhem Land reserve.
In 1963, the Yolngu people of Yirrkala sent the bark petitions to the Australian House of Representatives. The petition asserted that the Yolngu people owned that land and protested the Commonwealth's granting of mining rights to Nabalco of land excised from Arnhem Land reserve.