Anmatjere Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Sculpture at the Aileron Roadhouse on the Stuart Highway | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 21°44′47″S 133°19′08″E / 21.7463°S 133.319°E [1] | ||||||||||||||
Population | 477 ( 2016 census) [2] [a] | ||||||||||||||
• Density | 0.008758/km2 (0.022684/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Established | 4 April 2007 [1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 0872 [3] | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 566 m (1,857 ft)(weather station) [4] | ||||||||||||||
Area | 54,462 km2 (21,027.9 sq mi) [5] | ||||||||||||||
Time zone | ACST ( UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 1,088 km (676 mi) S of Darwin City [3] | ||||||||||||||
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Territory electorate(s) | Stuart [7] | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Lingiari [8] | ||||||||||||||
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Footnotes | Adjoining localities [9] [10] [6] |
Anmatjere is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 1,088 kilometres (676 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin. [1] [3]
The locality was named after the former Anmatjere Community Government Council, whose seat was located in the town of Ti-Tree. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. [9] [1]
Anmatjere is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Stuart and the local government areas of the Barkly Shire and the Central Desert Region. [8] [7] [10] [6] [1]
The 2016 Australian census reports that Anmatjere had 477 people living within its boundaries, of whom 47.3% were male, 52.7% were female and 87.9% identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. [2]
The following sites located within Anmatjere are listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register: [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
The homestead of Woodgreen Station, also known as Atartinga, is situated within Anmatjere. [16]
Mount Skinner, a mountain, [17] is within Anmatjere. The Ediacaran-aged fossil known as Skinnera is named for its discovery at from three sites near Mount Skinner. [18] Mount Skinner Station, a station of around 2,860 km2 (1,100 sq mi) in extent, is located approximately 160–200 km (99–124 mi) north of Alice Springs on the Sandover Highway. [19] The property was established in 1952 by John "Jock" Nelson, a Labor MP who served in the Australian House of Representatives for 17 years. The Nelson and Barber families held the pastoral lease on the property until 2019, when a South Australian family acquired the station. At that time it had around 2,500 Poll Hereford cattle. [20]
As of 2020 [update], anthropologists' work is continuing on both Woodgreen and Mount Skinner pastoral leases as the basis for any future native title claims, under the auspices of the Central Land Council. [21]
Two sculptures, Anmatjere Man and Anmatjere Woman and Child, are located at the Aileron roadhouse. [22] [23]