Kaltukatjara

Kaltukatjara (Docker River)
Northern Territory
Kaltukatjara (Docker River) is located in Northern Territory
Kaltukatjara (Docker River)
Kaltukatjara (Docker River)
Coordinates24°52′27″S 129°05′01″E / 24.87417°S 129.08361°E / -24.87417; 129.08361
Population355 (2006 census)[1]
Established1968
Postcode(s)0872
Location
LGA(s)MacDonnell Region
Territory electorate(s)Namatjira[2]
Federal division(s)Lingiari[3]
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
37.2 °C
99 °F
6.8 °C
44 °F
284.2 mm
11.2 in

Kaltukatjara, also known as Docker River, is a remote Indigenous Australian community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is southwest of Alice Springs, west of the Stuart Highway, near the Western Australia and Northern Territory border. The township is on a wadi called the Docker Creek on the north side of the west end of the Petermann Ranges in the southwest corner of the Northern Territory of Australia.

At the 2006 census, Kaltukatjara had a population of 355.[1]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Kaltukatjara (Docker River) (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Division of Namatjira". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Federal electoral division of Lingiari". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 17 June 2019.