Canteen Creek, also known as Owairtilla, is an Aboriginal community in the

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, located about 183 km southeast of

Tennant Creek Tennant Creek () is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the Northern Territory#Cities and towns, seventh largest town in the Northern Territory, and is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with ...

, on

Alyawarr The Alyawarre, also spelt Alyawarr and also known as the Iliaura, are an Aboriginal Australian people, or language group, from the Northern Territory. The Alyawarre are made up of roughly 1,200 associated peoples and actively engage in local tra ...

land. At the time of the , it had a population of 147. The community is accessible by road, and is also serviced by a small airstrip located about 500 metres northeast of the settlement. Community facilities include a general store, a church, a health centre, and a

coeducational Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...

P-12 school. Canteen Creek is a dry community, meaning no alcohol can be brought into the community.

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Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory {{NorthernTerritory-geo-stub