Mutitjulu

Coordinates: 25°21′03″S 131°03′59″E / 25.35083°S 131.06639°E / -25.35083; 131.06639
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Mutitjulu
Federal division(s)
Lingiari[4]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
38.5 °C
101 °F		 4.7 °C
40 °F		 217 mm
8.5 in
Girl at Mutitjulu (2005)

Mutitjulu is an

Parks Australia. At the 2011 census, Mutitjulu had a population of 296, of which 218 (71.2%) were Aboriginal.[1]

The majority of the

Pitjantjatjara but there are also associated Yankunytjatjara, Luritja, and Ngaanyatjarra people with the languages spoken being Pitjantjatjara, Luritja, and Yankunytjatjara. Arrernte people
also have a traditional relationship with Uluṟu.

Tourism

Mutitjulu community run a number of guided tours for tourists visiting

Anangu
which means "people".

Access to the community is controlled by Anangu, who do not allow visitors to go to Mutitjulu community without permission. The community reserves the right to forbid visitors from entering their land.

The people of Mutitjulu are also the traditional owners of Uluṟu, and have an art exhibition there where they sell paintings and other artefacts.

Economy

Much of the economy of Mutitjulu comes from tourism at Uluṟu and nearby

Indigenous Australian communities.[citation needed
]

Art centre

Maruku Arts & Crafts is a large and successful

woodcarvings. With about 900 artists in the collective, it provides an important source of income living in remote communities across central Australia. It seeks to "keep culture strong and alive, for future generations of artists, and [to] make culture accessible in an authentic way to those that seek a more in-depth understanding".[5]

In May 2017, the artwork surrounding the signatures on the

Parrtjima light festival in Alice Springs in April 2023.[7]

Maruku is one of ten Indigenous-owned and -governed enterprises that go to make up the

APY Art Centre Collective,[8] established in 2013.[9]

Mutitjulu Band

The Mutitjulu Band is led by Kimberley Taylor and David Honeymoon. They have performed at the

NAIDOC EVENT in Mutitjulu, at Voyagers resort in Yulara. They subsequently had songs recorded at the ABC recording studios in Sydney, and have grown in popularity.[10]

Education

The community has a school which services students from Year 1 to Year 7, and a high school, Nyangatjatjara College. The cultural traditions of Mutitjulu dictate that once reaching adolescence, children must be taught only with peers of the same sex. Nyangatjatjara College is a boarding school, and hosts the young men and young women of the community separately in consecutive semesters.[citation needed]

As with housing and health, Anglo-European education standards at Mutitjulu, are far lower than the Australian average.[citation needed]

Language

Languages spoken are

Western Desert Language
.

Efforts are made to preserve traditional customs, including traditional languages, but some

Indigenous Australian communities primarily due to the regular exposure to tourists at Uluṟu.[citation needed
]

Relationship to Uluṟu

Many stories have been told by Indigenous Australians from all around

fauna.[citation needed
]

Climbing of Uluṟu

The local Indigenous community from 1990 requested that visitors respect the sacred status of Uluṟu by not climbing the rock, with signs posted to this effect in late 1989. In 2017 the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park board decided unanimously to ban the activity, from October 26, 2019.[11]

Ownership of Uluṟu

The Anangu consider themselves

Yulara
, just outside the national park boundary.

Title handback

Title to the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park was returned to the traditional owners on 26 October 1985.[12][13]

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Mutitjulu (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 September 2012. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Yulara Postcode". postcode-finders.com.au. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Division of Namatjira". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  5. ^ "About". Maruku Arts. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Uluru Statement from the Heart". WOW Australia. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Parrtjima light festival kicks off in Alice Springs" (video). ABC News (Australia). 8 April 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Our Art Centres". APY Art Centre Collective. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  9. ^ Marsh, Walter (20 May 2019). "New gallery run for and by Anangu artists opens in Adelaide". The Adelaide Review. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Mutitjulu, Uluru, Central Desert". Grow The Music. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  11. ^ Georgia Hitch and Nick Hose (2 November 2017). "Uluru climbs banned from October 2019 after unanimous board decision to 'close the playground'". ABC News.
  12. OCLC 12611425
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  13. ^ "On this day: Aboriginal Australians get Uluru back". Australian Geographic Society. 26 October 2010.

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