Hermannsburg, Northern Territory
Ntaria (Hermannsburg)
Ntaria (Western Arrarnta) | |
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Hermannsburg Lutheran church | |
Ntaria (Hermannsburg) | |
| Coordinates: 23°56′35″S 132°46′40″E / 23.94306°S 132.77778°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Northern Territory |
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| Government | |
| • Territory electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Population | |
| • Total | 551 (2021 census) |
| Postcode | 0872 |
Hermannsburg, also known as Ntaria, is an Aboriginal community in Ljirapinta Ward of the MacDonnell Shire in the Northern Territory of Australia, 125 kilometres (78 mi); west southwest of Alice Springs, on the Finke River, in the traditional lands of the Western Arrarnta people.
Established as a Lutheran Aboriginal mission in 1877, linguist and anthropologist Carl Strehlow documented the local Western Arrernte language during his time there. The mission was known as Finke River Mission or Hermannsburg Mission, but the former term was later used to included a few more settlements, and from 2014 has applied to all Lutheran missions in Central Australia.
The land was handed over to traditional ownership in 1982 under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976, and the area is now heritage-listed.