Kaltukatjara

Kaltukatjara , also known as Docker River, is a remote Indigenous Australian community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is southwest of Alice Springs, west of the Stuart Highway, near the Western Australia and Northern Territory border. The township is on a wadi called the Docker Creek on the north side of the west end of the Petermann Ranges in the southwest corner of the Northern Territory of Australia.

Kaltukatjara (Docker River)
Northern Territory
Kaltukatjara (Docker River)
Coordinates24°52′27″S 129°05′01″E
Population355 (2006 census)
Established1968
Postcode(s)0872
Location
  • 1,390 km (864 mi) S of Darwin
  • 495 km (308 mi) by air southwest of Alice Springs
  • 670 km (416 mi) by road southwest of Alice Springs
  • 7 km (4 mi) east of Western Australian border
LGA(s)MacDonnell Region
Territory electorate(s)Namatjira
Federal division(s)Lingiari
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
37.2 °C
99 °F
6.8 °C
44 °F
284.2 mm
11.2 in

At the 2006 census, Kaltukatjara had a population of 355.

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