Lhenpe Artnwe (Hoppy's)
Lhenpe Artnwe (Hoppy's)
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ButtonPronounciation: Lun-pa Art-New
Meaning: Emu Feather
Population: 60
Languages spoken: Arrernte, Pertame, Luritja, Anmatyerr
Director: Shirleen Campbell
Lhenpe Artnwe (Lun-pa Art-New) or Hoppy’s and Scrutton’s was first incorporated on the 6th, August 1986 by residents to support their efforts to obtain security of tenure; housing and essential services. Lhenpe Artnwe is located at Lot 1733 which has been held by virtue of a Special Purpose Lease in Perpetuity for Aboriginal Communal Purposes since 1977. Lhenpe Artnwe is home to speakers of Arrernte, Warlpiri, Luritja and Anmatyerr. The 2005 population and mobility study identified that the resident population at that time was 167 people and that the service population was as high as 272 people . In December 2009 Lhenpe Artnwe entered a Tripartite Alice Springs Living Area Sublease with the Executive Director of Township Leasing (Commonwealth) and the CEO of Housing (Territory) for a period of 40 years, under the threat of compulsory acquisition. This agreement led to an investment in housing and infrastructure by the Commonwealth and Territory as part of the Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP); and to the transition from community-controlled housing to housing management by the Department of Local Government, Housing and Community Development (DLGHCD). Today Lhenpe Artnwe is home to 13 households, prior to SIHIP there was only 11 households. It is predicted that the population of Lhenpe Artnwe has seen an increase proportionate to the increased number of dwellings. Lhenpe Artnwe is a Corporate Member of TCAC. Lhenpe Artnwe is led by a Board of Directors, the President is a Director of Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC). Lhenpe Artnwe is a party to the Local Decision-Making Commitment Agreement between TCAC and the Territory.