In scrubby bushland about a kilometre from the remote Aboriginal community of Kalkarindji, a rare and important meeting took place at the weekend.
All four Aboriginal land councils in the Northern Territory held an hours-long "historic" meeting to talk about enshrining an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the Australian Constitution.
Their resolution was to unanimously support a permanent body to represent First Nations people, in the form of a Voice.
While the land councils don't have the global profile of legendary basketballer Shaquille O'Neal, who endorsed the government's proposed Voice this weekend, they possess something arguably more important – close links to many remote Aboriginal communities across Australia.
Chairman of the Central Land Council, Robert Hoosan, said the land councils' cooperation was historic.
"Gurindji Country is the birthplace of land rights and this week the anniversary of the Wave Hill Walk Off," he said.
"History was made 56 years ago this week and history was made again today."
The Tiwi, Northern, Central and Anindilyakwa land councils met during the weekend's Freedom Day Festival, which also marks the anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off — a protest which paved the way for Aboriginal land rights in Australia.
Mr Hoosan said he wanted the land councils to keep the momentum of cooperation going.
"We should be working together … we need to sit around more and talk," he said.
"We gotta keep talking about it, we can't just pass this resolution."
Support will have to overcome resistance
The federal government has promised a referendum on an Indigenous Voice within this term of government, however the success of such a referendum is by no means a guarantee.
Potential opposition based on a lack of detail and how it would work have already been raised.
One of the Voice's fiercest critics is Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, who echoed her concerns while in Kalkarindji.
"I don't know why they [Aboriginal land councils] would support something there's no detail on yet," she said.
Ms Price accused the councils of not always representing the interests and views of Indigenous Australians living in remote settings.
"There are many traditional owners who feel like they aren't represented by the land councils and in fact are silenced by land councils," she said.
The concerns aren't isolated to Ms Price.
Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton hasn't confirmed support for the Voice.
And former Federal Labor Party president and former Liberal Party candidate Warren Mundine has joined Ms Price in her critique of what the Voice would do to materially improve the lives of Aboriginal Australians.
Envoy and other supporters determined to win
This year's Freedom Day Festival also hosted the Vincent Lingiari Lecture for the first time.
The address, given by Thomas Mayor, prosecuted the case for a Voice to Parliament.
"I think this is urgent," he said.
"Every day that we don't have a voice in the centre of decision-making, our people are suffering for that.
"Our laws and policies need to be made in a way that understands us and that really begins to do the things that need to happen."
Special Envoy for the the Voice to Parliament, Labor Senator Pat Dodson, who attended and spoke at the land councils meeting, conceded that any constitutional reform would be difficult.
"It is a complicated matter. I think most Australian's don't understand what a referendum is," he said.
Despite that, the Labor Senator was confident that Ms Price's criticisms were not in sync with the majority of Australians.
"She may be speaking to a different audience, but it's not to the Northern Territory's First Nation People," he said.
