NTPlanned settlement
Areyonga
A refuge west of Alice Springs became a permanent community.
1920sDrought-displaced families founded Areyonga
WHAT STARTED IT
Families leaving dry Petermann Ranges country first moved through Hermannsburg, then established a settlement at Areyonga.
WHAT SUSTAINED IT
A Lutheran mission operated from the 1940s until 1990; later administration and land returned to local control.
TURNING POINTS
1920sDrought-displaced families founded Areyonga
1940s–1990A Lutheran mission operated from the 1940s until 1990; later administration and land returned to local control.
1990The Lutheran mission closed and its land returned through the Haasts Bluff Aboriginal Land Trust.
WHAT IT DOES NOW
A small Western Arrarnta and Pitjantjatjara community with school, clinic and local services.