Place Names Register Extract

Napwerte / Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve

Extract date: 30/03/2025

Name Napwerte / Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve
Type Designation Reserve
Place Id 23562
Place Type Administrative Area
Status Assigned
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)  
Latitude: -24° 00' S (Decimal degrees -24.0133)
Longitude: 133° 57' E (Decimal degrees 133.9542)
Locality / Suburb  
  Hale
Lot/Portion  
  NT Portion
Local Government Area  
  MacDonnell Shire Council
History/Origin Previously reffered to as Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve, Napwerte / Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve was officially dual named in 2014.

Napwerte (pronounced na-poor-ta) is the name for the rocky outcrop within the reserve. The entire reserve is a sacred men's site and any association with the name remains secret and sacred to initiated men.

(No information known or entered for Ewaninga Rock Carvings Conservation Reserve)

Register & Gazettal information

Date Gazettal Comment
21/09/1979 NTG38
15/10/2014 G41

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