In the territory outback, multiple remote communities are still trying to recover from the impact of being hit by two floods in less than a year.
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00:00 Evacuated from their flood hit community to this former quarantine centre near Darwin
00:07 was just the start of Kalkaringi's troubles.
00:10 When we all came back to the community after the flood, we weren't as one as we were before
00:18 the flood was there and it was really hard to pick up where we left off from.
00:22 One of Kalkaringi's leaders, Rob Roy, has opened up on the divisions sparked in his
00:27 community after their stay at the Howard Springs Evacuation Centre on Darwin's outskirts, when
00:33 some evacuees were found to have caused around $300,000 worth of damage to the centre's infrastructure.
00:40 We're feeling a little bit down because of the good people who were being blanket covered
00:47 and treated with the rest of the other ceiling mob that caused havoc when we stayed.
00:55 The resilience centre in Howard Springs Centre last year.
01:02 Kalkaringi is known nationwide for its role in the Aboriginal Land Rights Movement as
01:07 the location of the historic Wave Hill walk-off in protest of workers' rights.
01:12 This MP's electorate covers Kalkaringi.
01:15 She says the whole community shouldn't be tarnished for the actions of some in damaging
01:20 the centre.
01:21 The Gurindji people have a very proud history so that would have affected them knowing that
01:27 you know people saw the damage that was happening and that that impacted on you know the blanket
01:35 was thrown over all of them.
01:37 The Howard Springs Centre was handed over to the Defence Department last year and wasn't
01:42 offered for evacuees after the floods again last month.
01:46 The government denies damages to the centre played a part.
01:50 Absolutely not.
01:52 It's no longer in our hands it's in the hands of Defence.
01:55 Rob Roy says Kalkaringi elders are now working hard to heal the divisions and repair their
02:00 community long after the waters have receded.
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