Aboriginal elders angry about plans to pipe iron ore slurry through sacred areas have presented a petition to Northern Territory parliamentarians.

The petition from dozens of Marra people, who live near Limmen Bight on the Gulf of Carpentaria, was presented to some senior MPs outside parliament on Tuesday.

Western Desert Resources Ltd has lodged a notice of intent to pipe iron ore slurry from a project in the proposed Limmen National Park to Marra Island, where it would beprocessed and exported.

The Marra people have native title over a section of land between the mine and the island and say disturbing the island will harm sacred sites.

Marra elder Grace Daniels said there was a poisonous tree on the island and two dangerous sacred sites that if disturbed would result in the miners suffering. Ms Daniels said that "They will die slowly, those miners, if they do damage,"

She said traditional songlines would be broken if the proposed pipeline went ahead. She further added that "They will damage it, they will damage our feelings, our life.”

(Sourced from news.ninemsn.com.au)