Ltyentye Apurte Community
Ltyentye Apurte Community Northern Territory | |
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Coordinates | 24°07′49″S 134°22′28″E / 24.130391°S 134.374341°E |
Population | 555 (2011 census)[1] |
• Density | 0.4440/km2 (1.150/sq mi) |
Established | 1952 |
Area | 1,250 km2 (482.6 sq mi) |
LGA(s) | MacDonnell Shire |
Region | Alice Springs Region |
Federal division(s) | Lingiari |
The Ltyentye Apurte Community, also known as Santa Teresa, is an Arrernte indigenous community in the Northern Territory, Australia, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south-east of Alice Springs.[2] .
History
The mission run by the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart at Arltunga was moved to Santa Teresa in 1953.[3] It included a Mission school and dormitories which accommodated Aboriginal boys and girls aged 5 to 17 years.[4] Hospital care was provided.[5] Fr Thomas Dixon was responsible for the church.
Keringke Arts Centre was established in 1989.[6] Since 2007 women in the community have painted religious crosses which are exported to Catholic churches around the world.[7]
On 2011 Census data, Santa Teresa is the most Catholic place in Australia.[8]
Governance
The community is governed by a Community Government Council which runs the health service (with dialysis room[9]) and some other facilities. The community contains a Catholic primary/senior school, police station, airstrip and Catholic Church. Since 1 July 2008, the MacDonnell Shire is the responsible local government for the area.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 March 2013). "2011 Census quick stats". Retrieved 2014-08-17.
- ^ http://macdonnell.nt.gov.au/communities/santa-teresa
- ^ "Native Mission Moves to Better Site". Advocate. Vol. LXXXV, , no. 5064. Victoria, Australia. 14 August 1952. p. 8. Retrieved 19 Feb 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
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: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link); Santa Teresa and East Aranda history, 1929-1988, compiled by John Pye (Coleman's Printing, Darwin, 1989). - ^ Find and Connect: Santa Teresa Mission (1953-1977).
- ^ National Archives of Australia, Darwin Office, Series F1 1954/64: Roman Catholic Mission Santa Teresa.
- ^ N. Lee, Santa Teresa celebrates, ABC Alice Springs, 4 Sept 2009; Keringke : contemporary eastern Arrernte art, Jukurrpa Books, Alice Springs, 1999, ISBN 1864650079.
- ^ E. Haskin, From Antarctica to the Vatican, remote Indigenous community sends crosses to the world, ABC Alice Springs, 19 Sept 2017.
- ^ "E-news bulletin" (PDF). Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Pastoral Research Office. No. 21. 1 March 2013. p. 1. Retrieved 19 Feb 2017.
- ^ https://www.westerndesertdialysis.com/communities/santa-teresa-ltyentye-apurte