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The Guardian - AU · Jan 21, 2024

Pigeon Hole residents to remain at Howard Springs facility after government deadline for repatriation

More rain means Pigeon Hole residents still can't go home after the NT Government last week said the remaining evacuees would be repatriated to their communities by April 26.

ABC News · Apr 25, 2023

Kalkarindji flood evacuees begin repatriation from Howard Springs back to community

Around 700 people were evacuated to Darwin from the remote communities of Kalkarindji, Pigeon Hole and Daguragu earlier this month as flooding hit the Victoria Daly region of the Northern Territory.

ABC News · Mar 26, 2023

Remote NT communities isolated by tropical low

A number of remote communities in the Northern Territory are bracing for more intense rainfall as a tropical low makes its way across the Top End.

AAP · Mar 1, 2023

Residents being evacuated from NT remote communities of Kalkarindji, Daguragu, Pigeon Hole, and Palumpa amid major flooding

Residents of four remote communities are being evacuated to Darwin via Katherine as floodwaters continue to rise, with river levels in one community expected to reach record heights.

ABC News · Mar 1, 2023

Northern Territory land councils meet to share support of Indigenous Voice to Parliament

As the dust settled on Kalkarindji's annual Freedom Day Festival, a clear focus emerged for Northern Territory land councils – support for a Voice to Parliament.

ABC News · Aug 30, 2022

Thousands recreate the Wave Hill walk-off, originally led by Vincent Lingiari, at the Freedom Day Festival in Kalkarindji

It's been 56 years since Vincent Lingiari paved the way for the Aboriginal land rights movement with the Wave Hill walk-off. But his descendants continue that fight today.

ABC News · Aug 26, 2022