Mimili, South Australia

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Mimili
South Australia
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Mimili
Coordinates 26°59′58″S132°42′28″E / 26.99944°S 132.70778°E / -26.99944; 132.70778
Population243 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 0872
Elevation500 m (1,640 ft)
Location70 km (43 mi) W of Stuart Highway
LGA(s) Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara
State electorate(s) Giles
Federal division(s) Grey

Mimili is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia, comprising one of the six main communities on "The Lands" (the others being Amata, Pukatja, Kaltjiti, Indulkana and Pipalyatjara). At the 2016 Australian census, Mimili had a population of 243.

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After European settlement in the 19th century, there was a cattle station on the land, which was named Everard Park. The station was purchased by the South Australian government in 1972 before transferring it to the traditional owners.

Time zone

Due to its links with the Northern Territory and proximity to the border, the APY Lands do not observe daylight savings unlike the rest of South Australia. The time zone observed throughout the year is Australian Central Standard Time (UTC+9:30), in line with Darwin rather than Adelaide.

Geography

Mimili is situated in South Australia, within the APY, about 70 kilometres (43 mi) west of the Stuart Highway and 380 kilometres (240 mi) south of Alice Springs. [2]

History and significance

According to the local Pitjantjatjara people, Mimili is the original name. The community grew around the Everard Park cattle station, and is surrounded by the rocky Everard Ranges. The land was handed back to the traditional owners in 1972. [2]

The settlement was funded by the federal government as an outstation during the 1980s. [3]

Significance

The site, surrounded by the mountains, is a special place, or sacred site, to the local Pitjantjatjara people, believed to be the site of the maku (witchetty grub) Dreaming. The maku is the local school's emblem. [2]

Climate

Based upon the climate records of the nearest weather station at Marla Police Station, Mimili experiences summer maximum temperatures of an average of 37.1 °C in January and a winter maximum average temperature of 19.7 °C in June. Overnight lows range from a mean minimum temperature of 21.8 °C in January to 5.0 °C in June.

Annual rainfall averages 222.6 millimetres. [4]

Demographics

As of 2016, Mimili's population was 243. 69.8% of the people identified as Aboriginal Australians, 2.8% as Torres Strait Islanders. 92.5% were born in Australia. 65% reported speaking Pitjantjatjara at home; 9.6% spoke only English at home. Of those available in the work force, all were employed, about half of those being part-time. Roughly a quarter of those employed were managers, a quarter community and personal service workers and a quarter professionals. [1]

Facilities

Mimili has an airstrip and a health facility known as Nganampa Health Mayatjar. There are council facilities. Diesel power generation facilities supply power to the community. Water is provided from 5 bores and placed in storage tanks for pumping to the community.

The Mimili Anangu School has an enrolment of approximately 60 children. Attendance at the school benefited from the construction of a swimming pool in a joint Commonwealth / State Government initiative that was operational in September 2006 and officially opened the following month on 28 October 2006 by Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Families, Communities and Indigenous Affairs Mal Brough. [5] [6]

Mimili was the first community in the APY Lands to create a bush foods garden. [7] The garden was a source of training and education for students of technical and further education (or "TAFE") in the Mimili area. [8]

Mimili has a permanent South Australian police station, open seven days a week. [9]

A mobile polling booth visits Mimili for elections every four years to elect the Parliament of South Australia.

A permit is required for a member of the public to visit any community on the APY Lands, as they are freehold lands owned by the Aboriginal people.

Art centre

Mimili Maku Arts is one of ten Indigenous-owned and -governed enterprises that go to make up the APY Art Centre Collective, [10] established in 2013. [11] Its name derives from the Maku (witchetty grub) Tjukurpa, which is found in the paintings of senior artists like Betty Kuntiwa Pumani (winner National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award-winner 2015 & 2016 and winner of the 2017 Wynne Prize), Ngupulya Pumani (finalist NATSIAA 2015, finalist Wynne Prize 2017), Tuppy Goodwin (finalist NATSIAA 2018) and Puna Yanima. [12]

People

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References

  1. 1 2 "2016 Census QuickStats: Mimili (L)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mimili". Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Media. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Parliament of Australia. House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs; Blanchard, Allen (March 1987). Inquiry into the Aboriginal homelands movement in Australia. ISBN   0-644-06201-0 . Retrieved 16 August 2020.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help) PDF
  4. ↑ Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology data
  5. ↑ Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements (ATNS) Project – Mimili 'Mimili Pool' Shared Responsibility Agreement (SRA);
  6. ↑ Ministerial Media Release, The Hon Mal Brough MP, Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs "Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs | Pool delivers change in Mimili". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2007.
  7. ↑ Outback Pride Archived 4 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "Mimili Bush Fruits a Commercial Success", TAFE SA; Archived 31 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "Police Station – Mimili Community". SAcommunity. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "Our Art Centres". APY Art Centre Collective. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  11. ↑ Marsh, Walter (20 May 2019). "New gallery run for and by Anangu artists opens in Adelaide". The Adelaide Review. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "About". Mimili Maku Arts. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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