Peppimenarti, Northern Territory
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Peppimenarti Northern Territory |
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 Peppimenarti
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| Coordinates | 14°9′21″S 130°4′54″E / 14.15583°S 130.08167°ECoordinates: 14°9′21″S 130°4′54″E / 14.15583°S 130.08167°E |
| Population | 178 (2016 census) |
| Postcode(s) | 0822 |
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| LGA(s) | West Daly Region |
| Territory electorate(s) | Daly |
| Federal Division(s) | Lingiari |
Peppimenarti is an Aboriginal community in the Daly River region of the Northern Territory, Australia. Peppimenarti or ‘Peppi’ as it is known is situated on Tom Turner Creek approximately 320 km south west of Darwin. With a population of between 190 and 250, (1178 in the 2016 Census) it is 120 km west of the Daly River crossing along the Port Keats Road. The Peppimenarti area has a total of 119.50 km of sealed and unsealed roads. There is road access to Peppimenarti seven (7) months of the year with the remainder being flooded during the wet season, or roads in too poor of a condition to travel on. The only access to Peppimenarti during the wet season is via plane. The mail plane flies to the community on Tuesdays and Fridays for delivery and pick up and charters are available. The main language spoken in Peppimenarti is Tyemirri with English being the second most predominant in the area.
The locality name is drawn from the Aboriginal words Peppi (rock) and menarti (large), referring to the rock formation that overlooks the community. At its base is a wide stream and a series of pools which form a significant sacred site.
In the early 1970s, the independent Aboriginal organisation Unia campaigned for the establishment of a cattle station within the Daly River Aboriginal Reserve as a permanent home for the local Ngangikurrunggurr people. As a result, a 2,000 square kilometres (772 sq mi) pastoral lease was granted, and later consolidated by the Northern Territory Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976.T
Harold Wilson, a prominent member of Unia, was instrumental in the community’s establishment. Wilson was born in Peppimenarti country, and after being removed from his family and sent to government institutions as a child, he decided to return there as an adult with his wife Regina Pilawuk Wilson and family, to set up a permanent settlement. He later became the President of the Peppimenarti Association and used his Aboriginal and European heritage to negotiate the ‘translation of Aboriginal needs into European contexts while preserving authentic Aboriginal voices in the decision making process’.
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