Nyewente(Trucking Yards)

    Nyewente (Trucking Yards)

    Nyewente (New-oonda) or Trucking Yards was first incorporated on the 6th, February 1975 by residents to support their efforts to obtain security of tenure; housing and essential services. Nyewente is located at Lot Lot 5152 which has been held by virtue of a Special Purpose Lease in Perpetuity for Aboriginal Communal Purposes since 1978. Nyewente is home to speakers of Arrernte and Luritja. The 2005 population and mobility study identified that the resident population at that time was 148 people and that the service population was as high as 241 people . In December 2009 Nyewente 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 Nyewente is home to 26 households, prior to SIHIP there was only 19 households. It is predicted that the population of Nyewente has seen an increase proportionate to the increased number of dwellings. Nyewente is a Corporate Member of TCAC. Nyewente is led by a Management Committee, the President is a Director of Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC). Nyewente is a party to the Local Decision-Making Commitment Agreement between TCAC and the Territory.
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