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Spinifex plain and ranges in Central Australia

Communities

Yunyarinyi

It is a small place with a lot going on, with a strong focus on family.

Photograph: Mosmas, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons); community photograph to come from PY Media

Quick facts

Radio 5NPY

FM: to confirm

Frequency to be confirmed with PY Media

Also known as

Kenmore Park

Both names are in use

Signal from

Umuwa

Via Alice Springs and the satellite

About Yunyarinyi

Yunyarinyi (Kenmore Park) is located in South Australia about 45 km south of the Northern Territory border. It lies about 320 km south of Alice Springs as the crow flies.

The population here fluctuates, but is usually around fifty people, many of whom are young people, under the age of thirteen. Yunyarinyi is forty kilometers from the larger community of Pukatja (Ernabella) and people travel to use the shop and many of the services there.

Yunyarinyi Community has a school, a community centre, a community office and a number of projects such as the community vegie patch, the community kitchen and the local garage. It is a small place with a lot going on, with a strong focus on family.