Mr Djerrkura's home in north-eastern Arnhem Land was the site of Australia's first land-rights campaign in 1963, when a collection of clans known as the Yolngu sent a petition written on bark to Canberra, the Australian capital, objecting to the mining of bauxite on their land by Nabalco, a Swiss-Australian company.
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At the beginning of World War 1, the squadron moved to France and were the first to land there.
China and India are competing with each other to see who will be the first to land another astronaut on the Moon.
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General Electric was first to land one of the Pakistan rental power contracts, and several small domestic entities are now in the business.
Apple and Foxconn are moving Mac mini production to the US, says DigiTimes, contradicting earlier rumors that a redesigned Mac Pro would be the first to land in the country.
Though the iPad Minis were likely among the first to land in the United States (Apple Insider reports that customers were informed Tuesday that new tablets were enroute), Apple sold more than 3 million of the units within just a couple days of unveiling it in late October.
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The government says it will soon publish revised guidance, encouraging local authorities to use risk-free land first, and obliging developers to pay for flood defences when they build on risky land.
In 1959, the Soviet Union's Luna-2 became the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.
But the booming is going on, in particular in places where according to the trajectories we think it would head for land first.
She helped correct a misunderstanding about the first immigrant to land on Ellis Island, an Irish woman named Annie Moore who arrived in 1892.
It has been bullish on the broader market's long term prospects since first investing in land at the end of 2009, says Michael Barr, a Paulson portfolio manager.
Ms Gillard's first stop on land was in Bundaberg, which has seen its worst flooding for four decades and has been split in two by the swollen Burnett River.
Around 10, 000 divers visited the underwater exhibition and now, after four months sitting on the ocean floor, the unique pictures have come up for air, displayed in their first exhibition on land.
On Sunday, the pace of assistance picked up as three U.S. Marine KC-130J cargo planes carrying water and supplies became the first flights to land at Sendai airport since it closed after the earthquake struck.
The Second Era, which saw Soviet cosmonauts and U.S. astronauts almost routinely venturing into space, was punctuated in 1969 when Neil Armstrong (who, in a sad irony, just passed at the age of 82) and Dr. Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon.
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He was the first man to visit both the North and South Pole by land and the first to completely cross the Antarctic by foot.
Fiennes has previously been the first person to reach both the North and South Poles by land and the first to cross Antarctica on foot.
For many companies, it is that point in time when they land their first big customer.
Smith isn't the first professional athlete to land an intern job at a national publication.
Moon Express intends to be the first private company to land on the moon.
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It was the site of the first slave ships to land in the New World.
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Arlington is the favorite to land that first championship game, but the competition from Tampa has been serious.
Alwaleed says he made his first big money in land speculation and the contracting business in Saudi Arabia.
Doernberg said it took him about one year to land his first client.
Kerber battled past the second seed 7-6 5-7 6-3 to land her first career title after a superb week.
The stragglers are naturally keen to join the first ten on dry land.
Our parents' generation was really the first to ever accumulate land assets.
They have since recruited several players in key positions and will, like Chelsea, be aiming to land their first piece of top level silverware.
It is definitely worth the extra time and effort, because once you land your first internship, your chances of becoming a full-time employee will skyrocket.
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Then there is the story of Charlotte Badger, a convict who was one of the first white women to land in New Zealand, in 1806.
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