__NOTOC__ Anmatjere is a

locality Locality may refer to: * Locality (association), an association of community regeneration organizations in England * Locality (linguistics) * Locality (settlement) * Suburbs and localities (Australia), in which a locality is a geographic subdivi ...

in the

Northern Territory of Australia The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aus ...

located about south of the territory capital of

Darwin Darwin may refer to: Common meanings * Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection * Darwin, Northern Territory, a territorial capital city i ...

History

The locality was named after the former

Anmatjere Community Government Council The Anmatjere Community, or Anmatyere Council, was a former local government area in the Northern Territory of Australia whose seat was located in the town of Ti-Tree, Northern Territory, located approximately north of Alice Springs. The Stua ...

, whose seat was located in the town of Ti-Tree. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.

Governance and demographics

Anmatjere is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of

Stuart Stuart may refer to: Names * Stuart (name), a given name and surname (and list of people with the name) Automobile *Stuart (automobile) Places Australia Generally *Stuart Highway, connecting South Australia and the Northern Territory Northe ...

and the local government areas of the Barkly Shire and the

Central Desert Region The Central Desert Region is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia, administered by the Central Desert Regional Council (formerly Central Desert Shire). The council's main towns are Ti-Tree, Yuendumu, and Lajamanu. ...

. The

2016 Australian census The 2016 Australian census was the 17th national population census held in Australia. The census was officially conducted with effect on Tuesday, 9 August 2016. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was counted as – an incr ...

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 Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples o ...

Sites and attractions

The following sites located within Anmatjere are listed on the

Northern Territory Heritage Register The Northern Territory Heritage Register is a heritage register, being a statutory list of places in the Northern Territory of Australia that are protected by the Northern Territory statute, the ''Heritage Act 2011''. The register is maintained b ...

: *

Aileron Homestead No. 1 An aileron (French for "little wing" or "fin") is a hinged flight control surface usually forming part of the trailing edge of each wing of a fixed-wing aircraft. Ailerons are used in pairs to control the aircraft in Flight dynamics, roll (or ...

Alcoota Fossil Beds __NOTOC__ The Alcoota Fossil Beds are an important paleontological Lagerstätte in the Northern Territory of Australia located on Alcoota Station in the locality of Anmatjere about north-east of Alice Springs in the Central Australia regi ...

* Anna's Reservoir Conservation Reserve * Old Mount Riddock Homestead – Gemtree *

Ryan Well Historical Reserve __NOTOC__ Ryan Well Historical Reserve, formerly Reserve No. 1343, is a protected area in the Northern Territory of Australia located in the locality of Anmatjere about north of Alice Springs. The historical reserve consists of two parcels of ...

The homestead of

Woodgreen Station Woodgreen Station, also spelt Wood Green and also known as Atartinga, is a cattle station located in the Northern Territory of Australia, to the northeast of Alice Springs, extending approximately . It was also known as (Mer) Athatheng by s ...

, also known as Atartinga, is situated within Anmatjere. Mount Skinner, a mountain, is within Anmatjere. The

Ediacaran The Ediacaran Period ( ) is a geological period that spans 96 million years from the end of the Cryogenian Period 635 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Cambrian Period 538.8 Mya. It marks the end of the Proterozoic Eon, and t ...

-aged fossil known as ''

Skinnera ''Skinnera'' is an Ediacaran-aged fossil found in Australia. It was discovered by A.L. Halliday and M.M. Bruer near Mount Skinner in the locality of Anmatjere, in the Northern Territory of Australia some time before 1969. Mary Wade of the Un ...

'' is named for its discovery at from three sites near Mount Skinner.

Mount Skinner Station __NOTOC__ Anmatjere is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about south of the territory capital of Darwin City, Northern Territory, Darwin. History The locality was named after the form ...

, a station of around in extent, is located approximately north of Alice Springs on the

Sandover Highway The Sandover Highway is an outback unsealed track in the Northern Territory between the Plenty Highway north of Alice Springs and the Northern Territory/Queensland border. Description The highway's name is derived from the Sandover River bec ...

. The property was established in 1952 by John "Jock" Nelson, a Labor MP who served in the

Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Australia, the upper house being the Australian Senate, Senate. Its composition and powers are established in Chapter I of the Constitution of Austra ...

for 17 years. The Nelson and Barber families held the pastoral lease on the property until 2019, when a

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

n family acquired the station. At that time it had around 2,500

Poll Hereford The Hereford is a British breed of beef cattle originally from Herefordshire in the West Midlands of England. It has spread to many countries – there are more than five million purebred Hereford cattle in over fifty nations worldwide. The br ...

cattle. , 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 The Central Land Council (CLC) is a land council that represents the Aboriginal peoples of the southern half of the Northern Territory of Australia (NT), predominantly with regard to land issues. it is one of four land councils in the Northern ...

. Two sculptures, ''Anmatjere Man'' and ''Anmatjere Woman and Child'', are located at the Aileron roadhouse.

Footnotes

References

{{Localities and communities of the Central Desert Region, state=collapsed Populated places in the Northern Territory Central Desert Region