"In the late 1950s Yolngu became aware of people prospecting for minerals in the area of the Gove Peninsula, and shortly after, discovered that mining leases had been taken out over a considerable area of our traditional land.
"In the mid-1950s, Yolngu became aware of people exploring for minerals on the Gove Peninsula, and shortly thereafter learned that mining rights had been granted over an extensive area of their ancestral land."