An elongated dark wooden object with a hole near one end and closely incised angular patterns, shown complete with a scale.
Museum photograph of one catalogued object

An elongated dark wooden object with a hole near one end and closely incised angular patterns, shown complete with a scale.

Statens museer för världskultur – Världskulturmuseet, 1976.24.0013; photographer unspecified in retained record · CC BY 4.0 · Image source

Wooden bullroarer catalogued as Arrernte/Aranda. Its original label gives 1894; the museum acquired it in 1976. The record marks find circumstances as uncertain, and identifies no individual maker or manufacture date. One catalogued object, not a depiction of the community. Card compressed; article image unaltered.

Overview

The Central Land Council identifies the Alice Springs claim as Arrernte. Claimants testified to continued resource gathering, country care and land decisions; native title was recognised in May 2000.

Native title holders established Lhere Artepe as their prescribed body corporate for future town land-use decisions. This local claim does not cover every Arrernte community.

IAD Press is the publishing arm of the Aboriginal community-controlled Institute for Aboriginal Development. Its language guides, oral histories and cultural publications serve Aboriginal communities generally.

An Eastern and Central Arrernte online wordlist launched in Mparntwe in November 2019. Most recorded speakers also contributed to its design. Elders and linguists had developed spelling conventions during the 1990s.

Country responsibilitiesLand testimonyCommunity publishing
01

History & identity

Deep origins are not established by these sources.

02

Sources & representation

Selected institutional accounts.

Selected bibliography

Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.

  1. 01

    Native title - Central Land Council

    Central Land Council · n.d.

    Selected bibliography.

  2. 02

    About Us

    IAD Press, Institute for Aboriginal Development · n.d.

    Selected bibliography.

  3. 03

    Arrernte-angkentye.online | CALL

    Batchelor Institute, Centre for Australian Languages and Linguistics · n.d.

    Selected bibliography.

Language & cultural connections

Source-supported language and cultural connections have not yet been compiled for this profile.

References

Sources supporting this profile. Linked pages have their own scope and editorial standards.

  1. Aboriginal statutory land councilNative title - Central Land CouncilResearch access: 2026-10-07
  2. Community institutionAbout UsResearch access: 2026-10-07
  3. Institutional language project with community partnersArrernte-angkentye.online | CALLResearch access: 2026-10-07

Image credits

Museum photograph of one catalogued object

An elongated dark wooden object with a hole near one end and closely incised angular patterns, shown complete with a scale.

Statens museer för världskultur – Världskulturmuseet, 1976.24.0013; photographer unspecified in retained record · CC BY 4.0 · Image source

Wooden bullroarer catalogued as Arrernte/Aranda. Its original label gives 1894; the museum acquired it in 1976. The record marks find circumstances as uncertain, and identifies no individual maker or manufacture date. One catalogued object, not a depiction of the community. Card compressed; article image unaltered.

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