Utopia Northern Territory

And in 1978 the station was claimed under the aboriginal land rights northern territory act 1976.
Utopia northern territory. 2017 jobs profile snapshot. Specialising in both traditional and more contemporary aboriginal artworks. In the 1970 s the chalmers family sold the lease to utopia sta tion to the aboriginal land fund commission. Serving the needs of the utopia community and surrounding homelands in northern territory australia urapuntja prides itself on its deep connection to community and outstanding health service results.
It comprises several large and small communities with a population of 517 residents. The following year the utopia women s batik group was formed with julia murray becoming art coordinator for the next five years. Northern territory government needs to publish these draft leases make them available easy to find so as to promote public discussion. Specialists in aboriginal art from the utopia region northern territory australia.
Emily s country alhalkere adjoins the area known as utopia which is located approximately 230 kilometres north east of alice springs. Woodgreen utopia and macdonald downs to name but a few. And by the northern territory chief minister s own admission this is one of the most underserviced aboriginal communities in the country. Area known as utopia.
It covers an area of 3 500 km 2 1 400 sq mi transected by the sandover river and lies on a. Utopia s problem as she sees it is neglect. Urapuntja health is one of australia s longest running aboriginal community controlled health services established in 1977. It deplores a loss of representation in the utopia homelands but does not acknowledge that their number one advocate rosalie kunoth monks is the president of the barkly shire.
We work with artists in the utopia region in central australia as well as from around the northern territory. Jump to navigation jump to search. Utopia northern territory 124 aboriginal people in remote australia have argued for many years that living in outstations on their own land is an important basis for their good health. Utopia is an aboriginal australian homeland area formed in november 1978 by the amalgamation of the former utopia pastoral lease with a tract of unalienable land to its north.
This argument has been dismissed in the recent past with homelands being seen as inefficient in terms of resources and worse as attempts to preserve.