Ampilatwatja is a small community in the Northern Territory of Australia located 325 km (202 mi) northeast of Alice Springs.
| Ampilatwatja Northern Territory | |
|---|---|
  Ampilatwatja | |
| Coordinates | 21°39′29″S 135°13′36″E / 21.6579548°S 135.2265754°E |
| Population | 515 (2021) |
| Postcode(s) | 0872 |
| Elevation | 397 m (1,302 ft)[1] |
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) |
| LGA(s) | Barkly Regional Council |
| Region | Barkly Tableland |
Governance and description
editAmpilatwatja is administered by the Barkly Regional Council and is within the Utopia aboriginal homeland.[2] The community has a school and the Ampilatwatja Health Centre.[3]
There have been ongoing infrastructure issues affecting the community for years, including water quality, internet and mobile access, as well as road access issues.[4]
Demographics
editAmpilatwatja lies within the land of the Alyawarre people.[5]
As of 2021 there were 515 people, with a median age of 24. 90.4% of residents were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. There were 77 households and 82% spoke Alyawarr language at home.[6]
Art
editArtists of Ampilatwatja is an art centre, founded in 1999. The paintings produced by the artists are distinctive, "due to the application of fine dots and the often bright and child-like figurative depiction of the land". Most of the artists paint Arreth, meaning "strong bush medicine", showing their deep connection to country.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Ampilatwatja topographic maps, elevation, terrain". Topographic maps. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ "BushTel – Remote Communities of the NT". bushtel.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Remote Central Australian community desperate for fix to phone, internet outages". ABC News. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Remote Northern Territory town hit by food shortages amid flood and Covid crises". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ a b "About". Artists of Ampilatwatja. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "2021 Ampilatwatja, Census". Australian Bureau of Statistics, Quickstats. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
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