Akngwertnarre (Morris Soak)
Akngwertnarre (Morris Soak)
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ButtonPronounciation: Uk-noort-nara
Meaning: Place Name
Population: 44
Languages spoken: Warlpiri
Director: Carlene Lechleitner
Akngwertnarre (Uk-noort-nara) or Morris Soak was first incorporated on the 14th, November 1974 by residents to support their efforts to obtain security of tenure; housing and essential services. Akngwertnarre is located at Lot 5150 which has been held by virtue of a Special Purpose Lease in Perpetuity for Aboriginal Communal Purposes since 1977. Akngwertnarre is home to speakers of Arrernte and Warlpiri. The 2005 population and mobility study identified that the resident population at that time was 65 people and that the service population was as high as 106 people [1]. In December 2009 Akngwertnarre 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 Akngwertnarre is home to 15 households, prior to SIHIP there was only 10 households. It is predicted that the population of Akngwertnarre has seen an increase proportionate to the increased number of dwellings. Akngwertnarre is a Corporate Member of TCAC. Akngwertnarre is led by a Management Committee, the President is a Director of Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC). Akngwertnarre is a party to the Local Decision-Making Commitment Agreement between TCAC and the Territory.