What is Mutitjulu?
{{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Mutitjulu | state = nt | image = File:Mutitjulu Waterhole.jpg | caption = | coordinates = {{coord|25|21|03|S|131|03|59|E|display=inline,title}} | lga = MacDonnell Shire | postcode = 0872 | est = | pop = 296 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2011}} | pop_footnotes = | elevation= 523 | maxtemp = 38.5 | mintemp = 4.7 | rainfall = 217 | stategov = [[Electoral division of Namatjira|Namatjira]] | fedgov = [[Division of Lingiari|Lingiari]] | dist1 = 14 | dir1 = SW | location1= [[Yulara, Northern Territory|Yulara, NT]] | dist2 = 89 | dir2 = N | location2= [[Amata, South Australia|Amata, SA]] | dist3 = 350 | dir3 = SW | location3= Alice Springs | dist4 = 680 | dir4 = N | location4= Southern Ocean }} '''Muṯitjulu''' is an [[Indigenous Australians|Indigenous Australian]] town in the [[Northern Territory]]. It is inside [[Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park]], just east of [[Uluṟu]]. It is named after a knee-shaped [[waterhole]] at the base of Uluṟu. Its people are mostly [[Pitjantjatjara]]. There are also some [[Yankunytjnatjara]], [[Luritja]] and [[Ngaanyatjarra]] families living there. Almost everybody works in the national park. The community had a population of 283 in the 2006 [[census]].<ref name=Census2006Y>{{Census 2006 AUS|id=IARE33003 |name=Mutitjulu (Indigenous Area) |accessdate=27 January 2012|quick=on}}</ref> It was reported to have dropped to around 150 in 2012, after [[alcohol]] was banned.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rothwell|first=Nicolas|title=Revolution's mosaic of success and failure|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/revolutions-mosaic-of-success-and-failure/story-fn59niix-1226442528527|accessdate=27 November 2012|newspaper=The Australian|date=4 August 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://waru.org/communities/mutitjulu/ Mutitjulu at WARU] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050216190554/http://www.waru.org/communities/mutitjulu/ |date=2005-02-16 }}