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Billy Goat Hill, or Akeyulerre, (in
Billy Goat Hill, or Akeyulerre, (in Arrernte
Arrernte (also spelt Aranda, etc.) is a descriptor related to a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples from Central Australia.
It may refer to:
* Arrernte (area), land controlled by the Arrernte Council (?)
* Arrernte people, Aboriginal Australi ...
) is located in Alice Springs
Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' Al ...
in the Northern Territory of Australia and, together with the nearby ANZAC Hill, has important Dreaming associations include two sisters, alongside uninitiated boys, who were travelling north and were engaged in flirtatious and humorous behaviour these sites; further north these interactions became violent.
These two hills are the most prominent in the Central Business District of Alice Springs and, as such have been extensively used by Europeans and, as such, Billy Goat Hill is now very close to major roads and, for many years, housed the towns water towers.
History
Billy Goat Hill is named for the billy goats that travelled in to town with Arabana woman,Topsy Smith
Topsy Smith (1875 – 15 April 1960) was an Arabunna woman born at Oodnadatta is a pioneer of Central Australia in the Northern Territory of Australia. She spent her life caring for Indigenous Australian, Indigenous children at an institution kno ...
, who briefly lived at the site before starting working at The Bungalow
The Bungalow was an institution for Aboriginal children established in 1914 in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. It existed at several locations in Alice Springs (then called Stuart), Jay Creek and the Alice Springs Telegr ...
. Smith moved to Alice Springs, then Stuart, in 1914 after the death of her husband at Arltunga and brought with her a herd of several hundred goats who were allowed to graze on the edge of town and where often seen atop, what became known as, Billy Goat Hill.{{Cite book, title=Alice Springs : from singing wire to iconic outback town, last=Traynor, Stuart, isbn=9781743054499, location=Mile End, South Australia, oclc=958933012, year = 2016
During World War II the Australian government poured military and civilian manpower into Alice Springs and, in 1940, they built water tanks on top of Billy Goat Hill. These tanks were built by the "Native labour gangs" employed by the army. These water tanks supplied running water to the new hospital and nearby government houses and it was the first time there was running water in the town. These tanks have since been removed.
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