An unprecedented ceremony has taken place in a remote part of central Australia known as Sangsters Bore in tin the Northern Territory's Tanami desert.
Parks Australia has offically declared 100,000 square kilometres of land, the nation's largest Indigenous Protected Area.
Three hundred traditional owners were present for the announcement, as 101,500 square kilometres of land in the Tanami and Great Sandy deserts was turned into an IPA.
Becoming an IPA gives greater recognition to the role Aboriginal people play in caring for their country, and will see them get more federal funding to support rangers and indigenous land management.
It also means Aboriginal people's skills in caring for plants, animals and cultural sites will be more fully utilised.
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