Place Names Register Extract

Napwerte / Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve

Extract date: 02/12/2025

Name	Napwerte / Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve
Type Designation	Reserve
Place Id	23562
Place Type	Administrative Area
Status	Assigned
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -24° 00' S (Decimal degrees -24.0133)
	Longitude: 133° 57' E (Decimal degrees 133.9542)
Locality / Suburb
	Hale
Lot/Portion
	NT Portion
Local Government Area
	MacDonnell Shire Council
History/Origin	Previously reffered to as Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve, Napwerte / Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve was officially dual named in 2014. Napwerte (pronounced na-poor-ta) is the name for the rocky outcrop within the reserve. The entire reserve is a sacred men's site and any association with the name remains secret and sacred to initiated men. (No information known or entered for Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve)

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
21/09/1979	NTG38
15/10/2014	G41

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