The Pitjantjatjara (/ˌpɪtʃəntʃəˈtʃɑːrə/; Pitjantjatjara: [ˈpɪɟanɟaɟaɾa] or [ˈpɪɟanɟaɾa]) are an Aboriginal people of the Central Australian desert near...

Pitjantjatjara (/pɪtʃəntʃəˈtʃɑːrə/; Pitjantjatjara: [ˈpɪɟanɟaɟaɾa] or [ˈpɪɟanɟaɾa]) is a dialect of the Western Desert language traditionally spoken by...

Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, also known as APY, APY Lands or the Lands, is a large, sparsely-populated local government area (LGA) for Aboriginal...

Uluru (/ˌuːləˈruː/; Pitjantjatjara: Uluṟu [ˈʊlʊɻʊ]), also known as Ayers Rock (/ˈɛərz/ AIRS) and officially gazetted as Uluru / Ayers Rock, is a large...

several distinct "tribes" or peoples, in particular the Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara groups, is pronounced with the stress on the first...

Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 (APYLRA or APY Land Rights Act) grants certain land and other rights to the Anangu Pitjantjatjara...

dialects; the names of some of these have become quite well known (such as Pitjantjatjara) and they are often referred to as "languages". As the whole group of...

wardaruka", meaning grubs of the wardaruka (Acacia ligulata) shrub. The Pitjantjatjara name is "maku". It has been suggested that the word "witchetty" comes...

Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole), Djambarrpuyngu (a Yolŋu language) and Pitjantjatjara (a Western Desert language) were among the most widely spoken. NILS...

The Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara Women's Council (NPY Women's Council, NPYWC) is a community-based community organisation formed in...

communities in many parts of the territory, the largest ones being the Pitjantjatjara near Uluru / Ayers Rock, the Arrernte near Alice Springs, the Luritja...

Aboriginal Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara (APY) languages. In some of the most remote regions of Central Australia, Anangu Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara...

Nyanpi Matilda, a Pitjantjatjara version of Waltzing Matilda. He is from Pukatja, South Australia and sings in both Pitjantjatjara and English. He was...

language and is very similar to the better known, more widely spoken Pitjantjatjara. According to a study carried out mainly in Coober Pedy where many speakers...

songwriter from Central Australia. He is a Pitjantjatjara man who speaks five languages and sings in both Pitjantjatjara and English. Yamma is the son of Isaac...

land rights legislation. The South Australian Pitjantjatjara Lands Act 1956 granted land to the Pitjantjatjara people, but did not provide a basis for future...

ways. A study in 1958 comparing cold adaptation in the desert-dwelling Pitjantjatjara people compared with a group of European people showed that the cooling...

is called) subduing a water buffalo, taking part in an Aboriginal (Pitjantjatjara) tribal dance ceremony, killing a snake with his bare hands, and scaring...

people Jukurrpa or Tjukurpa/Tjukurrpa by the Warlpiri people and in the Pitjantjatjara dialect Ungud or Wungud by the Ngarinyin people Manguny in the language...

Kata Tjuṯa (Pitjantjatjara: Kata Tjuṯa, lit. 'many heads'; Aboriginal pronunciation: [kɐtɐ cʊʈɐ]), also known as The Olgas and officially gazetted as Kata...

are Pitjantjatjara but there are also associated Yankunytjatjara, Luritja, and Ngaanyatjarra people with the languages spoken being Pitjantjatjara, Luritja...

community 339   Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Pukatja (Ernabella) aboriginal community 332 1938 Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Amata aboriginal...

Dreaming livery, which drew on the work of internationally renowned Pitjantjatjara artist Rene Kulitja. The aircraft carried the colour scheme from 2002...

Territory; and Palawah in Tasmania. The largest Aboriginal communities – the Pitjantjatjara, the Arrernte, the Luritja and the Warlpiri – are all from Central Australia...

mines. Aboriginal communities in outback regions, such as the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in northern South Australia, have not been displaced...

traditional healer and storyteller of the Pitjantjatjara people. He was a native speaker of the Pitjantjatjara language. Tony Tjamiwa was a senior traditional...

January 1990) was a country singer from Central Australia. He was a Pitjantjatjara man who was born by a waterhole near Docker River (Kaltukatjara). He...

details seen in the "Marree Man". The book deals with hunters of the Pitjantjatjara tribe. Bardius Goldberg, a Northern Territory artist who died in 2002...

Pukatja (formerly Ernabella, Pitjantjatjara: Anapala) is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia...

closed schools in South Australia. Anangu Schools are located in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, Maralinga Tjarutja and Yalata in the far west of South...