Kalan Enterprises was the brainchild of the late Anne Creek; Coen and Cape York leader who helped forge land rights outcomes and social change for the people of Cape York.

Anne worked to establish Kalan as a sub-regional organisation to create opportunities for Traditional Owners to look after their land.

Kalan is the Kaantju word for the Ghost Gum tree, and is also a water hole and Sacred Site on Kaantju lands where it is believed a specific Ghost Gum created a water hole and has stood vigil still today over that water to protect it.