Itwiyethwenge (Basso's)
Itwiyethwenge (Basso's)
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ButtonPronounciation: TBA
Meaning: Place Name
Population: Less than 5
Languages spoken: Arrernte, Kaytetye, Anmatyerr, Alyawarr
Director: Geoff Shaw
Mount Nancy was first incorporated on the 16th, July 1974 by residents to support their efforts to obtain security of tenure; housing and essential services. Mount Nancy and Bassos are located at Alice Springs Lot 5135 and 5123 which have been held by virtue of 2 Special Purpose Leases in Perpetuity for Aboriginal Communal Purposes since 1976. Mount Nancy is home to speakers of Arrernte, Kaytetye, Anmatyerr, and Alyawarr. The 2005 population and mobility study identified that the resident population at that time was 72 people and that the service population was as high as 117 people. . In December 2009 Mount Nancy 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 Mount Nancy is home to 11 households. Mount Nancy is a Corporate Member of TCAC. Mount Nancy is led by a Management Committee, the President is a Director of Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC). Mount Nancy is a party to the Local Decision-Making Commitment Agreement between TCAC and the Territory.