Mutitjulu
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thumb|250px|Girl at Mutitjulu (2005) Mutitjulu is an Aboriginal Australian community in the Northern Territory of Australia located at the eastern end of Uluṟu (also known as Ayers Rock). It is named after a knee-shaped water-filled rock hole at the base of Uluṟu, and is located in the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park. Its people are traditional owners and joint managers of the park with Parks Australia. At the 2011 census, Mutitjulu had a population of 296, of which 218 (71.2%) were Aboriginal.
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Tourism
- Economy
- Art centre
- Mutitjulu Band
- Education
- Language
- Relationship to Uluṟu
- Climbing of Uluṟu
- Ownership of Uluṟu
- Title handback
- Notes and references
- Further reading
thumb|250px|Girl at Mutitjulu (2005) Mutitjulu is an Aboriginal Australian community in the Northern Territory of Australia located at the eastern end of Uluṟu (also known as Ayers Rock). It is named after a knee-shaped water-filled rock hole at the base of Uluṟu, and is located in the Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park. Its people are traditional owners and joint managers of the park with Parks Australia. At the 2011 census, Mutitjulu had a population of 296, of which 218 (71.2%) were Aboriginal.
The majority of the Anangu (people) are 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mutitjulu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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