Utopia Nt
In the 1970 s the chalmers family sold the lease to utopia sta tion to the aboriginal land fund commission.
Utopia nt. Helping top founders to realize their purpose and their potential. Nt government agencies that have a presence in the district include. 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. And in 1978 the station was claimed under the aboriginal land rights northern territory act 1976.
2017 jobs profile snapshot. Woodgreen utopia and macdonald downs to name but a few. Urapuntja health is one of australia s longest running aboriginal community controlled health services established in 1977. 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.
The only health clinic in the utopia. Utopia arlparra ampilatwatja districts local emergency plan 2019 20 page 8 public administration nt and local government 19. 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.
But time is ticking in utopia. 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. More than six months ago the nt government promised a 28 million overhaul of housing and infrastructure. The way to utopia from alice springs follows the sandover highway a rich red dirt road running straight through utopia and the many communities out that way can.
Named by german settlers in the early 1920 s utopia is a region covering approximately 5 000 sq km of land north east of alice springs and is home to around 2 000 aboriginal people. Utopia is a region covering about 5000 2 kilometres of land north east of alice springs. Development is expected to take years.
