Kintore (Pintupi: Walungurru) is a remote settlement in the Kintore Range of the Northern Territory of Australia about 530 km (330 mi) west of Alice Springs and 40 km (25 mi) from the border with Western Australia. It is also known as Walungurru, Walangkura, and Walangura.[8]
| Kintore Walungurru Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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  Kintore Walungurru | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°16′25″S 129°22′55″E / 23.2737°S 129.382°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 410 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 50.0/km2 (129.5/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0872[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 454 m (1,490 ft)(weather station)[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 8.2 km2 (3.2 sq mi)[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST (UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | MacDonnell Region[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Namatjira | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Locations[3] Adjoining localities[6][a] | ||||||||||||||
History
editThe Kintore Range was named by William Tietkens during his expedition of 1889 after the Governor of South Australia, Algernon Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore.[9]
In 1979 and 1980 satisfactory water was found in four bores sunk at and near the Kintore Range. In mid-1981 an outstation (homeland) was established there and developed as a resource centre for camps elsewhere in the region, allowing the reoccupation of at least some of the Pintupi country.[9] The community was founded in 1981, when many Pintupi people who lived in the community of Papunya (about 240 km (150 mi) from Alice Springs) became unhappy with their circumstances in what they saw as foreign country, and decided to move back to their own country, from which they had been forcibly removed decades earlier due to weapons testing from Woomera in South Australia, as part of the outstation movement.[citation needed]
Demographics
editAt the 2016 census, Kintore had a population of 410, of which 376 (91.9 per cent) identified themselves as Aboriginal Australians.[2]
The main languages spoken are Pintupi and Luritja.[8] In Pintupi, the majority language of the community, Kintore is known as Walungurru (pronounced [ˈwɐɭʊŋʊɾʊ]).
Governance
editKintore is overseen by the MacDonnell Regional Council,[1] based in Alice Springs.
The town is in the territory electorate of Gwoja[8] and the federal electorate of Lingiari.[10]
Facilities
editThe community has a Northern Territory Government-funded primary school, an independent store trading as Puli Kutjarra (meaning Two Rocks/mountains in Pintupi language), an airstrip, an independent health clinic called Pintupi Homelands Health Service, a women's centre called Ngintaka Women's Centre, haemodialysis at The Purple House run by Western Desert Dialysis,[11] a high school run by Yirara College,[12]
The local Australian rules football team is the Kintore Hawks.[13]
Art centre
editThere is an arts centre run by Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd.
Kintore is a major centre for the Western Desert art movement which began at the community of Papunya. These people traditionally passed on significant Dreamtime stories by way of art using sand, rock and local plants. Nowadays such paintings are done on canvas and have gained worldwide popularity. A number of members of the famous Aboriginal art company Papunya Tula] live at Kintore, among them the deceased artist Ningura Napurrula.[14]
In popular culture
editKintore is mentioned in the Midnight Oil song "Beds are Burning":[15] "Four wheels scare the cockatoos/From Kintore east to Yuendumu".[16]
Climate
edit| Climate data for Kintore (Walungurru Airport), elevation 454 m (1,490 ft) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 47.4 (117.3) |
46.4 (115.5) |
44.4 (111.9) |
41.1 (106.0) |
34.9 (94.8) |
32.8 (91.0) |
32.3 (90.1) |
35.0 (95.0) |
39.0 (102.2) |
43.0 (109.4) |
45.3 (113.5) |
47.7 (117.9) |
47.7 (117.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 39.4 (102.9) |
38.8 (101.8) |
36.7 (98.1) |
33.0 (91.4) |
27.2 (81.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
26.8 (80.2) |
31.8 (89.2) |
35.8 (96.4) |
37.3 (99.1) |
38.5 (101.3) |
32.7 (90.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 26.3 (79.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
15.3 (59.5) |
11.2 (52.2) |
10.8 (51.4) |
12.6 (54.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
25.1 (77.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 16.1 (61.0) |
18.0 (64.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
11.6 (52.9) |
6.2 (43.2) |
2.4 (36.3) |
3.1 (37.6) |
3.3 (37.9) |
8.3 (46.9) |
8.9 (48.0) |
10.4 (50.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
2.4 (36.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 54.0 (2.13) |
31.2 (1.23) |
45.2 (1.78) |
13.1 (0.52) |
15.4 (0.61) |
13.1 (0.52) |
9.9 (0.39) |
4.7 (0.19) |
6.7 (0.26) |
14.0 (0.55) |
24.1 (0.95) |
54.9 (2.16) |
289.1 (11.38) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 5.3 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 27.2 |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology[17] | |||||||||||||
Footnotes
edit- ^ The locality of Kintore is fully surrounded by the locality of Lake Mackay.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Search results for 'Petermann (Locality)'". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Kintore (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Kintore Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Monthly climate statistics: Summary Walungurru Airport (nearest weather station)". Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "Kintore". Australias Guide Pty Ltd. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Kintore". NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
- ^ "Localities within the Tanami sub-region (CP 5083)". NT Place Names Register. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ a b c "Kintore". BushTel. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ a b Long, Jeremy (1989). "Leaving the Desert: Actors and Sufferers in the Aboriginal Exodus from the Western Desert" (PDF). Aboriginal History. 13 (1). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
- ^ "2016 federal election: profile of the electoral division of Lingiari (NT)". Australian Electoral Commission. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ "Western Desert Dialysis". Western Desert Dialysis. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ "Yirara College of the Finke River Mission Inc". Archived from the original on 3 June 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
- ^ Community Development News (PDF). Central Land Council. Summer 2014.
- ^ "Ningura Napurrula :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ Mueller, Andrew (11 March 2014). "Australian anthems: Midnight Oil – Beds are Burning". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ ""Beds Are Burning" - Midnight Oil, 1987 (rock)". What's That Song About?: "Beds Are Burning". 4 September 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Climate statistics for Australian locations- WALUNGURRU AIRPORT". 8 July 2024.
