Areyonga, Northern Territory
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Areyonga settlement in the Northern Territory of Australia (circa 1958) | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 24°05′14″S 132°16′19″E / 24.0871°S 132.272°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Northern Territory | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1920s | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 236 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+9:30 (ACST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 0872 | ||||||||||||
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Areyonga (Pitjantjatjara: Utju) is a small town in the Northern Territory of Australia, located about 220 km (140 mi) west of Alice Springs. Founded in the 1920s, it had a population of about 236 in the 2021 Australian census, most of whom are Aboriginal people of the Pitjantjatjara language group.
Areyonga School was one of the earliest adopters of "two-way education", which celebrated its 50th anniversary in June 2023.