Nyangatjatjara College is an
independent
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Anangu co-educational
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school located just outside
Yulara
Yulara is a town in the southern region of the Northern Territory, Australia. It lies as an unincorporated enclave within MacDonnell Region. At the , Yulara had a permanent population of 1,099, in an area of . It is by road from World Heritage ...
, in the
Northern Territory
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,
Australia
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.
The College provides primary and secondary education
for students in the region who speak
Pitjantjatjara
The Pitjantjatjara (; or ) are an Aboriginal people of the Central Australian desert near Uluru. They are closely related to the Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra and their languages are, to a large extent, mutually intelligible (all are vari ...
as their first language. The College has campuses in
Docker River
Kaltukatjara , also known as Docker River, is a remote Indigenous Australian community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is southwest of Alice Springs, west of the Stuart Highway, near the Western Australia and Northern Territory bord ...
,
Mutitjulu
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and
Imanpa
Imanpa is a community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is seven kilometres north of the Lasseter Highway, the main road running between the Stuart Highway and Uluru (Ayers Rock). Imanpa lies 160 kilometres east of Uluru and 200 kilomet ...
.
The College is a member of the Association of Independent Schools of the Northern Territory.
See also
*
List of schools in the Northern Territory
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External links
Nyangatjatjara College home page Nyangatjatjara College webpage on the AISNT websiteCollege's iPad-based communications strategy
Private secondary schools in the Northern Territory
Educational institutions established in 1997
1997 establishments in Australia
Pitjantjatjara
Aboriginal schools in the Northern Territory