Yulara, Northern Territory
Yulara is a town in the southern region of the Northern Territory, Australia. It lies as an unincorporated enclave within MacDonnell Region. At the 2016 census, Yulara had a permanent population of 1,099, in an area of 103.33 square kilometres (39.90 sq mi). It is 18 kilometres (11 mi) by road from World Heritage Site Uluru and 55 kilometres (34 mi) from Kata Tjuta. It is located in the Northern Territory electorate of Gwoja and the federal electorate of Lingiari.
Yulara from helicopter in August 2004
Yulara NT 1
Springtime in the Desert
The Northern Territory is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Australia to the west, South Australia to the south, and Queensland to the east. To the north, the territory looks out to the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria, including Western New Guinea and other islands of the Indonesian archipelago.
Thomas Baines with Aboriginal Australians near the mouth of the Victoria River.
Letters Patent annexing the Northern Territory to South Australia, 1863
The northern coast of Australia is on the left with Melville Island in the lower right
Mount Sonder, the fourth-highest mountain in the Northern Territory after nearby Mount Zeil, in West MacDonnell National Park