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The 2016 Australian census which was conducted in August 2016 reports that
Alpurrurulam had a population of 420 people of whom 387 (92.1%) identified as being
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The town is usually called
Alpurrurulam or Lake Nash. The town is mostly referred to as Lake Nash colloquially, and for mail delivery (via
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The waterhole known as Lake Nash to
European settlers was used by Aboriginal peoples for millennia, and was called Ilperrelhelame in the
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Services include the Barkly
Regional Council Alpurrurulam Service Centre, aged care facilities, night patrol, sport and recreation,
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and given back in 1983, forming what is now
Alpurrurulam. The Alpurrurulam Land Aboriginal Corporation (ALAC), a board of community
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There is an airstrip, with planes departing for Mt Isa for health appointments once a week, and a special mail plane on
Fridays.
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Local government reform in the
Northern Territory: reforming the governance of service delivery and the view from the Barkly
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Alpurrurulam grew out of disagreement between the owners of Lake Nash
Station and the Aboriginal people living near the
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located in the territory's east about 1,206 kilometres (749 mi) south-east of the territory capital of
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In the outback community of
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Remote Lake Nash Aussie Rules team hungry for a win and a kangaroo on the way to game
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people lived in a traditional way, hunting and foraging and performing their
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The people of
Alpurrurulam have close historical ties with the people of
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until 1 July 2008, when there was an amalgamation of councils into a new
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and about 570.1 kilometres (354.2 mi) east of the municipal seat of
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with hybrid solar-diesel power system, were installed in 2011–2012.
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The Alpurrurulam Community Government Council (CGC) was the
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Alpurrurulam is located within the federal division of
802:"Localities within Barkly South sub-region (CP 5086)"
756:. Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology
1249:Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory
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998:By Lucy Murray ABC North West Qld 19 August 2018
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585:"Place Names Register Extract for Alpurrurulam"
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864:"Alpurrurulam Community Government Council"
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946:"Barkly Local Government Area Wards"
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1023:. Rostrevor College. Archived from
780:NT Atlas and Spatial Data Directory
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1099:Localities and communities of the
882:"Urapuntja Aboriginal Corporation"
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167:1,206 km (749 mi) SE of
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421:of the 12,000-square-kilometre (3
140:9.9 km (3.8 sq mi)
971:"Ampilatwatja & LA Meetings"
886:Urapuntja Aboriginal Corporation
839:"Alpurrurulam & LA Meetings"
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370:. The town is at the end of the
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782:. Northern Territory Government
614:Australian Bureau of Statistics
591:. Northern Territory Government
356:Northern Territory of Australia
271:Localities around Alpurrurulam:
173:638 km (396 mi) E of
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618:"Alpurrurulam (State Suburb)"
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415:Northern Territory Government
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806:NT Place Names Register
651:"Alpurrurulam Postcode"
589:NT Place Names Register
523:club that plays in the
354:, is a locality in the
196:Territory electorate(s)
1052:www.sydneyswans.com.au
1021:"Rostrevor's Heritage"
622:2016 Census QuickStats
907:Elvin, Ruth (2009).
698:"Division of Barkly"
337:Adjoining localities
91:20.9839°S 137.8363°E
951:. 17 September 2019
888:. 12 September 2014
208:Federal division(s)
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870:on 19 August 2006.
388:Alyawarre language
96:-20.9839; 137.8363
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25:Alpurrurulam
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1223:Wutungurra
1198:Ali Curung
1191:Communities
1172:Tanami East
1167:Tablelands
1031:14 November
128:Postcode(s)
112:2016 census
94: /
82:137°50′11″E
69:Coordinates
1238:Categories
1182:Warumungu
1146:Nicholson
1131:Davenport
1108:Localities
566:References
543:solar farm
529:Queensland
527:league in
517:Centrelink
511:Facilities
400:ceremonies
376:wet season
368:Queensland
110:420 (
107:Population
79:20°59′02″S
1126:Creswell
1121:Costello
1115:Anmatjere
1057:3 October
981:22 August
955:21 August
932:1833-7309
892:21 August
848:22 August
539:wind farm
483:Mount Isa
474:, in the
396:Alyawarre
352:Lake Nash
334:Footnotes
251:398.9 mm
146:Time zone
1156:Sandover
1136:Elliott
812:16 March
786:16 March
760:14 March
733:13 March
708:13 March
679:16 March
657:14 March
627:16 March
595:15 March
464:Lingiari
431:-acre)
392:Dreaming
320:Costello
315:Costello
310:Costello
303:Costello
295:Costello
288:Costello
283:Costello
278:Costello
246:17.7 °C
241:32.9 °C
213:Lingiari
162:Location
155:UTC+9:30
1162:Ranken
1151:Pamayu
382:History
253:15.7 in
1158:(part)
1117:(part)
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541:and a
505:Utopia
487:census
468:Barkly
437:elders
360:Darwin
201:Barkly
184:LGA(s)
169:Darwin
1218:Tara
949:(map)
914:(PDF)
503:, in
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248:64 °F
243:91 °F
1059:2020
1033:2013
983:2020
957:2020
928:ISSN
918:ISBN
894:2020
850:2020
814:2020
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762:2020
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476:ward
151:ACST
137:Area
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