Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara
- 26.490277777778132.00777777778Koordinaten: 26 ° 29 ' S, 132 ° 0' O Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara ( APY ) is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of South Australia and has the special status of an Aboriginal community. The area is 102,650 km ² and has about 2200 inhabitants.
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara is located in the far northwest of South Australia about 1200 km north- west of Adelaide and 400 km north west of Coober Pedy. The area includes 18 settlements: Amata, Fregon, Indulkana, Irintata Homelands, Kalka, Kaltjiti Homelands, Kanpi, mimili, Murputja, Nyapari, Pipalyatjara, Pukatja ( Ernabella ), Tjurma Homelands, Turkey Bore, Umuwa, Watarru, Watinuma and Yunyarinyi. The administrative center of the community is located since 1991 in Umuwa in the northeast of the LGA.
History
The area around the border between South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory lies deep in the Australian outback in the hilly area around the Tomkinson, Mann, Musgrave and Everard Ranges, where also most of the settlements. It was inhabited by the aboriginal tribes of the Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra. 1921 established the South Australian government to the northwest of its territory, the Northwest Aboriginal Reserve. But it was only in the 60s of the 20th century the recognition of Aboriginal rights with the Aboriginal Affairs Act began in 1962. Already in 1966 was followed by the Aboriginal Lands Trust Act, which allowed the fiduciary management of Aboriginal land and other areas. However, the device failed once because there was no quorum representation of the reserve. Only in 1976 initiated the natives the Pitjantjatjara Council, which sought the transfer of ownership rights to the tribal areas. After a working group had prepared a draft law that had to be revised after a change of government again, the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara country eventually Rights Act by the South Australian legislature was adopted in 1981. After that, the South Australian government could Anangu Pitjantjatjara to, so the root of the Pitjantjatjara including Yungkutatjara ( Anangu is a proper name of the Aborigines ), the property over to and put under the administration of an elected Council of the indigenous people. On October 30, 1981 a large area, in addition to the North-Western Reserve in the East includes areas such subsequent Everard Park, Kenmore Park and Granite Downs, handed over the responsibility of the Aborigines. The country has an area of 102,650 km ², which represents approximately 10.4 % of the total state area and an area of about 400 km by 240 km.
Management
The Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Executive Board has ten members who are elected by the residents of the community. The LGA is not divided into districts. From among the Board members and the Chairman ( Chairperson ) of the board recruited.
Swell
- The Pitjantjatjara Lands Right Act 1981 - Bennelong Society Conference 2003 (English )