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Gulkula Mining Company (Gulkula) is the world’s first Indigenous-owned and -operated bauxite mine. Located in East Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory in Australia, the mine is situated on the Dhupuma Plateau – the traditional land of the Yolngu People. The Gulkula mine is 100 percent owned by the Gumatj clan, one of the Yolngu Traditional Owner groups of East Arnhem Land.