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An article about the understanding of care for the land in Indigenous communities.

From http://www.nlc.org.au/html/care_con.html

This sacred trust involves defined groups or people, their ancestors and descendants. In many areas, a system of //**'managers'**// and //**'owners'**// operates. **Land managers** generally have **maternal links** to land while **landowners** generally have **paternal links** to land. Aboriginal landowners and managers have specific and complementary rights and obligations to ensure the **spiritual and physical health** of defined areas of land. In other areas, different land tenure systems operate. || Individual clans //**'speak'**// in different capacities for particular areas of land and generally have a responsibility to protect and look after sites of cultural and religious significance, known as dreaming and sacred sites. Over the years, as people moved around their estates, tracking shifts in the availability of important resources, they **actively managed the country**, largely through a prescribed ||
 * Connection to Land - Past and Present ||
 * || [[image:http://www.nlc.org.au/images/photos/care_wetlands.jpg width="390" height="144" caption="Aboriginal women in lagoon"]]
 * Traditional land and sea ownership is based on customary law, passed from generation to generation**.
 * || [[image:http://www.nlc.org.au/images/photos/care_wetlands.jpg width="390" height="144" caption="Aboriginal women in lagoon"]]
 * Traditional land and sea ownership is based on customary law, passed from generation to generation**.
 * || [[image:http://www.nlc.org.au/images/photos/care_wetlands.jpg width="390" height="144" caption="Aboriginal women in lagoon"]]
 * Traditional land and sea ownership is based on customary law, passed from generation to generation**.
 * || ==Caring for country== ||
 * || Many of the rights and obligations associated with Aboriginal land tenure systems are neither documented nor detailed in formal legal titles.
 * || Many of the rights and obligations associated with Aboriginal land tenure systems are neither documented nor detailed in formal legal titles.
 * || Many of the rights and obligations associated with Aboriginal land tenure systems are neither documented nor detailed in formal legal titles.