| Aputula (Finke) Northern Territory | |||||||||
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  Aputula (Finke) Location in Northern Territory | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°34′52″S 134°34′40″E / 25.58111°S 134.57778°E | ||||||||
| Population | 191[1] (2021) | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 0872 | ||||||||
| Location | 159 km (99 mi) east of Stuart Highway | ||||||||
| LGA(s) | Central Land Council | ||||||||
| Territory electorate(s) | Namatjira | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Lingiari | ||||||||
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Aputula (formerly Finke until the 1980s) is a remote Indigenous Australian community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is 317 km (197 mi) south of Alice Springs and 159 km (99 mi) east of Kulgera roadhouse on the Stuart Highway, near the border with South Australia.[2] The Finke River (named after German prospector William Finke), which is dry for most of the year except during occasional floods and is part of the Lake Eyre basin, passes within a few kilometres of the community.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Apatula (Finke) (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "Aputula Community Finke History". Waltja. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
