Ewyenper-Atwatye (Hidden Valley)
Ewyenper-Atwatye (Hidden Valley)
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ButtonPronounciation: Oo-yen-per-a Twah-ja
Meaning: Spearbush Gap
Population: 113
Languages spoken: Arrernte, Warlpiri
Director: Benedict Stevens
Ewyenper-Atwatye (Oo-yen-per-a Twah-ja) or Hidden Valley was first incorporated on the 11th, August 1977 by residents to support their efforts to obtain security of tenure; housing and essential services. Ewyenper-Atwatye is located at Lot 5189 which has been held by virtue of a Special Purpose Lease in Perpetuity for Aboriginal Communal Purposes since 1980. Ewyenper-Atwatye is home to speakers of Arrernte and Warlpiri. The 2005 population and mobility study identified that the resident population at that time was 243 people and that the service population was as high as 396 people . In December 2009 Ewyenper-Atwatye 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 Ewyenper-Atwatye is home to 47 households, prior to SIHIP there was only 23 households. It is predicted that the population of Ewyenper-Atwatye has seen an increase proportionate to the increased number of dwellings. Ewyenper-Atwatye is a Corporate Member of TCAC. Ewyenper-Atwatye is led by a Management Committee, the President is a Director of Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation (TCAC). Ewyenper-Atwatye is a party to the Local Decision-Making Commitment Agreement between TCAC and the Territory.