Place Names Register Extract
Santa Teresa
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Print Extract | Search Again| Name | Santa Teresa |
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| Type Designation | Major |
| Place Id | 145 |
| Place Type | Aboriginal Community |
| Status | Recorded |
| Date Registered | |
| Location (Datum GDA94) | |
| Latitude: -24° 07' S (Decimal degrees -24.1307) | |
| Longitude: 134° 22' E (Decimal degrees 134.3733) | |
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| Locality / Suburb | |
| Santa Teresa | |
| Land Council | Central Land Council |
| Resource Centre | Managed by Local Government |
| Local Government Area | |
| MacDonnell Shire Council | |
| Alternate Names | |
| Ltyente Purte | |
| Ltyentye Apurte | |
| History/Origin | In 1950, Bishop J P O'Loughlin submitted a grant for land for the Mission. In 1952 Crown land was divided into four blocks with the Catholic Church being granted one of the blocks for a mission which the Church called Santa Teresa. The Arrernte language name for the community - Ltyentye Apurte - is pronounced " l · jin · jer port · uh " and means 'clump of beefwood trees'. Santa Teresa is named after Carmelite nun Saint Therese of Lisieux who was born in Alencon, France in 1873. Saint Therese of Lisieux was declared a Saint in 1925. Her specific message regarded the missions and that people can be missionaries just by offering help to those less fortunate even though she was restricted to the Carmelite convent. Saint Therese was called the "The Little Flower" in recognition of the message she was spreading throughout the world that little things were more important as big things. Santa Teresa is located approx 85km south-east of Alice Springs and 80km from the Simpson Desert. The area for Santa Teresa is a 1,242 square km block of land appropriate for cattle-grazing, located on the Phillipson River normally only a dry creek bed. Santa Teresa is positioned at the base of a range of hills overlooking a very large plain. This region of land can be quite vibrant and colourful after the rain when the wild flowers blossom showing off their beautiful colours. Santa Teresa is administered by the Ltyentye Apurte Community Government Council. Ltyentye Apurte is the Eastern Arrernte (local Aboriginal group/language) name for a nearby stand of beefwood trees. The above information is extracted from the council website http://www.ltyentyeapurte.nt.gov.au/home/our_community |
Register & Gazettal information
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