The community of Amata is located at the western end of the Musgrave Ranges in north west South Australia, about 10 km south of the Northern Territory border. It lies approximately 380 km south west of Alice Springs and approximately 250 kilometres west of the Stuart Highway.

Amata was established as a cattle outstation (Musgrave Park) in 1961 by the South Australian Aboriginal Protection Board, to take pressure off the growing community at Ernabella (Pukatja). Amata is one of 13 major settlements on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY) which are held under freehold title according to the terms of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act (1981). It has a population of approximately 300 Anangu Maru (Aboriginal people) who speak Pitjantjatjara as their first language and English as a second language. Kinship ties at Amata cover three groups within the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia. These are the Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra, and Yankunytjatjara peoples. The Amata Uniting Church congregation is part of the Ananguku Area Ministry Council which is part of the Northern Regional Council of Congress. Local church elders take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the congregation.

Contact:

Mr Hector Burton
C/- Amata Community office, Tel: (08) 89 549 019

Support Worker - Ananguku Area Ministry Council
Rev Peter Greenwood
Ananguku Area Ministry Council Office

P.O. Box 2798, Alice Springs, NT 0871
Tel: (08) 89 53 7507
email: peter.greenwood@ns.uca.org.au

Ernabella (Pukatja) is located in the Musgrave Ranges in North West South Australia about 30km south of the Northern Territory border. It lies approximately 330 km south west of Alice Springs as the crow flies and 450km by road. It is approximately 1200km North West of Adelaide. Ernabella is one of 13 major settlements on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY) which are held under freehold title according to the terms of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act (1981).

Ernabella was established as a Christian Mission by the Presbyterian Church in 1937. The current population at Ernabella is approximately 500 people. The Church passed over control to the Government in the early 1970's and the community is now run by the Pukatja Community Council. Kinship ties at Ernabella cover three groups within the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia. These are the Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra, and Yankunytjatjara peoples. The Ernabella Uniting Church congregation is part of the Ananguku Area Ministry Council which is part of the Northern Regional Council of Congress. It is served by a Community Minister (Mr Graham Kulyuru) and a retired minister (Rev Peter Nyaningu). Many members of the congregation sing and play instruments in the Ernabella Praise and Worship Singers who have composed and recorded three CD's of Anangu Christian music.

Contact:

Community Minister: Mr Graham Kulyuru
C/- Pukatja Community, Pukatja via Alice Springs, N.T. 0872
Tel: 0889 562 966 Fax: 0889 562 945
Convenor - Ananguku Area Ministry Council
Mr Owen Burton, C/- Amata Community, Amata via Alice Springs NT 0872
Tel: 0889 56 2819 (Amata Community Office)

Support Worker - Ananguku Area Ministry Council

Rev Peter Greenwood
Ananguku Area Ministry Council Office
P.O. Box 2798, Alice Springs,, NT 0871
Tel: 0889 53 7507
email: peter.greenwood@ns.uca.org.au

 The Kaltjiti community at Fregon is situated on the plains approximately 45 Km south of the Musgrave Ranges and 137 Km by west of the Stuart Highway in north west South Australia.

Fregon was established as a cattle station by the Board of Missions of the Presbyterian Church in 1961. Initially it was administered and supported from Ernabella. By 1965 a number of local Church Elders had been ordained to oversee the church at Fregon. Fregon is one of 13 major settlements on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY) which are held under freehold title according to the terms of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act (1981). It has a population of approximately 350 Anangu Maru (aboriginal people) who speak Pitjantjatjara as their first language and English as a second language. Kinship ties at Fregon cover three groups within the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia. These are the Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra, and Yankunytjatjara.

The Fregon Uniting Church congregation is part of the Ananguku Area Ministry Council which is part of the Northern Regional Council of Congress. Local church elders take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the congregation. The Elders include Manyiritjanu Lennon, Murray George, Andy Tjilari, Pollyanna Smith, Inawintji Williamson, Tyler Cooper, Kanyiny George and Rupert Peter

Contact:

Mr Murray George, Mrs Manyiritjanu Lennon
C/- Fregon Community Office, Tel: (08) 89 562 944

Support Worker - Ananguku Area Ministry Council

Rev Peter Greenwood
Ananguku Area Ministry Council Office
P.O. Box 2798, Alice Springs, NT 0871
Tel: 0889 53 7507
email: peter.greenwood@ns.uca.org.au

Indulkana is an Anangu community, often referred to as the Iwantja Community, on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in the northwest of South Australia. Although Indulkana is regarded as a Pitjantjatjara community, the majority of people at Indulkana refer to themselves as Yankunytjatjara, which is a group having its origins in the eastern section of the APY Lands. Indulkana is one of 13 major settlements on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY) which are held under freehold title according to the terms of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act (1981).

The community consists of approximately 200-250 people with a small number of people occupying outlying homelands. Members of the congregation at Indulkana include people who have had a long-term association with the Presbyterian and Uniting Church and those who are part of a more recent "independent" congregation that has links to the Ananguku Area Ministry Council. The Indulkana congregation participates in the Ananguku Area Ministry Council which is part of the Northern Regional Council of Congress.

Contact:

Support Worker - Ananguku Area Ministry Council

Rev Peter Greenwood
Ananguku Area Ministry Council Office
P.O. Box 2798, Alice Springs, NT 0871
Tel: (08) 89 53 7507
email: peter.greenwood@ns.uca.org.au

The Mimili community is situated 100 Km south of the Musgrave Ranges in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in North West South Australia. It has a population of approximately 300 Anangu Maru (aboriginal people) who speak Pitjantjatjara as their first language and English as a second language.

The Mimili Uniting Church congregation is part of the Ananguku Area Ministry Council which is part of the Northern Regional Council of Congress. Local church elders take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the congregation.

Contact:

Mr Willy Martin, Mr Mike Williams
C/- Mimili Community Office
Tel (08) 8982 3444

Pipalyatjara and Kalka are located in South Australia just a few kilometres from the Surveyor General's Corner (where the borders of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia meet). They lie approximately 550 km south west of Alice Springs as the crow flies. Pipalyatjara and Kalka are two of 13 major settlements on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands (APY) which are held under freehold title according to the terms of the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act (1981). The Pipalyatjara/Kalka congregation is part of the Ananguku Area Ministry Council which is part of the Northern Regional Council of Congress. Local church leaders are responsible for the day-to-day running of the congregation.

Contact:

Mrs Milika Paddy, C/- Kalka Community Office.
Tel: (08) 89 5567 525

Convenor, Ananguku Area Ministry Council
Mr Owen Burton, C/_ Amata Community, Amata via Alice Springs NT 0872
Tel: (08)89 56 2819 (Amata Community Office)

Support Worker - Ananguku Area Ministry Council

Rev Peter Greenwood
Ananguku Area Ministry Council Office
P.O. Box 2798, Alice Springs,, NT 0871
Tel: (08)89 53 7507
email: peter.greenwood@ns.uca.org.au

Port Augusta is the fifth most populous city in South Australia after Adelaide, Mount Gambier, Whyalla and Murray Bridge. It is a seaport located on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia and is located at the head of the Spencer Gulf, 322 km north of the state capital.

It is natural harbour which was settled on 24 May 1852 by Alexander Elder and John Grainger. The port was named after Augusta Sophia, Lady Young, the wife of the Governor of South Australia, Sir Henry Edward Fox Young.

According to the 2006 Census the population of the Port Augusta census area was 13,257 people, making it the second largest urban area after Whyalla on the Eyre Peninsula. Approximately 17.3% of its population are Aboriginal.  For more information on our ministry activities please view our website by clicking here

Key Features and Activities

• Sunday night worship with a meal fellowship afterwards
• Second hand clothing store
  

Contact

Minister: Rev. Hohaia Matthews
Tel: (08) 8641-1717

Pastoral Care Worker: Denise Champion
Tel: (08) 8641-2259 Fax: 08-8642-2259
Email: hohaia@msn.com

Mailing Address:
P.O.Box 2113
Port Augusta
SA, 5700

Worship Centre:
Port Augusta UAICC
Cnr Elizabeth Terrace - Margaret St., Willsden.
5 pm every Sunday
Fifth Sunday in the month, 11am at Davenport.

Second Hand Clothing:
The Op Shop, Elizabeth Tce, Willsden
Thurs, Fri 10:30am - 2:00pm Sat 10:00am - 12 noon

The Congress church at Salisbury also houses the State office for the SA Regional Council, which has been in the old Salisbury North Uniting Church building since the mid 1990's. Regular sing-a-longs and other events have been held there since. Salisbury is located in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, which is home to a large indigenous population.

The Salisbury Congress church was formed with the calling of the Rev. Dean Whittaker in 2004. It has a strong emphasis on working with the Anangu people who live and visit Adelaide from the APY lands in the North West of SA.

Contact:

Rev Dean Whittaker
PO Box 1044
Salisbury 5108
Tel: (08) 82811614.