Almost half of the Northern Territory’s (NT) Kakadu National Park, situated 250 kilometres west of Darwin, returned to Indigenous hands on Thursday as the federal government finalises six Aboriginal land grants across the NT. In a ceremony held at Cooinda, Kakadu, Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, handed back to traditional owners the freehold title over four land claims totalling 9,733 square kilometres of the iconic national park. Minister for the Environment, Sussan Ley, said these four land handbacks mean that almost all the land within Kakadu is now under Indigenous ownership. Australia’s largest land-based national park, Kakadu covers nearly 20,000 square kilometres and is renowned for its cultural richness, including more than 5,000 Indigenous rock art sites, which date back through the 60,000 years of continuous aboriginal habitation of the region.  it is also known for its natural beauty of thundering waterfalls, rocky gorges, and lush rainforests Northern Land Council Chairman Samuel …