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{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                = town
| name                = Yuelamu
| state               = nt
| postcode            = 0872
| pop      = 149
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="2021 census">{{Cite web |title=2021 Yuelamu, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL70300 |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=abs.gov.au}}</ref>
| timezone            = [[UTC9:30|ACST]]
| utc                 = +9:30
| coordinates = {{coord|22.2582|S|132.2061|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Northern Territory
}}
'''Yuelamu''', also known as '''Mount Allan''', '''Mount Allen''', '''Alpirakina''', and '''Alpirakinga''', is a small town in the [[Northern Territory]], Australia, located {{convert|298|km}} north-west of [[Alice Springs]],<ref name=cdrc>{{Cite web|title=Yuelamu |publisher= Central Desert Regional Council|url=https://www.centraldesert.nt.gov.au/yuelamu|access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=bushtel>{{cite web | publisher=[[Northern Territory Government]]| title=Yuelamu – Major | website=BushTel | url=https://bushtel.nt.gov.au/profile/197 | access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> Its [[altitude]] is {{convert|687.1|m}}.<ref>{{cite web | title=Yuelamu (Mt Allan) NT | website=ExplorOz | url=https://www.exploroz.com/places/27691/nt+yuelamu-mt-allan | access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref>
Yuelamu had a population of 149 at the {{CensusAU|2021}}.<ref name="2021 census"/> It falls within the [[local government area]] of the  [[Central Desert Regional Council]],<ref name=cdrc/> the governing [[land council]] is the [[Central Land Council]], and it lies in the [[Gwoja]] electoral division of the Northern Territory. The land is owned and managed by the Yalpirakinu Aboriginal [[Land Trust]], on land south of [[Mount Denison Station]].<ref name=bushtel/>
It lies on land which was formerly '''Mount Allan Station''',<ref name=hhawke/> also spelt '''Mount Allen Station''',<ref name=cdrc/> which was carved out of the traditional lands of the [[Anmatyerre]] and [[Warlpiri people]]s.<ref name=hhawke>{{cite web | title=Speech by Hazel Hawke at the opening of the Yuelamu Art Gallery and Museum, 1988 |date=16 April 1988|first=Hazel| last=Hawke| website=John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library | url=http://john.curtin.edu.au/pmportal/text/00350_5.html | access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref> Today, most of the population is of these two nations, and they still speak their languages at home.<ref name="census">{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC70300| name = Yuelamu| quick = on | access-date = 26 May 2020}}</ref>
The Yuelamu Art Gallery and Museum was officially opened by [[Hazel Hawke]] on 16 April 1988.<ref name=hhawke/>
There is an airstrip close by, from which there are flights to and from Alice Springs. Access by road is via the [[Tanami Highway]], with the turnoff about {{convert|65|km}} past Tilmouth Well, with this last stretch being a [[dirt road]] of {{convert|31|km}}.<ref name=cdrc/>
Mount Allan School is a [[coeducational]] government-run school, serving the years from prep/reception through to Year 12.<ref>{{cite web | title=Mount Allan School | website=Good Schools Guide  | url=https://www.goodschools.com.au/compare-schools/in-Yuelamu-872/mount-allan-school | access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> There is also an [[Early childhood education|early childhood centre]], a clinic, a store, an aged care centre and a night patrol.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=[[Northern Territory Government]]| title=Yuelamu – Major: Community Directory | website=BushTel | url=https://bushtel.nt.gov.au/profile/197?tab=businessdirectory | access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref>
==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{Citation | author1=Northern Territory. Department of Lands and Housing | author2=Lange, Dames and Campbell Australia | title=Mt Allan (Yuelamu): Report on the availability of serviced land | publication-date=1989 | publisher=Dept. of Lands and Housing | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11306956 |series=SLAP (Serviced Land Availability Program) Report}}
*{{cite web | title=Map of Yuelamu (Mount Allan), NT| website=Bonzle | url=http://maps.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=243919&cmd=sp}}
[[Category:Central Desert Region]]
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