Yuelamu

{{Use Australian English|date=May 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Yuelamu

| state = nt

| postcode = 0872

| pop = 149

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Cite web |title=2021 Yuelamu, Census All persons QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL70300 |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=abs.gov.au}}

| timezone = ACST

| utc = +9:30

| coordinates = {{coord|22.2582|S|132.2061|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Northern Territory

}}

Yuelamu, also known as Mount Allan, Mount Allen, Alpirakina, and Alpirakinga, is a small town in the Northern Territory, Australia, located {{convert|298|km}} north-west of Alice Springs,{{Cite web|title=Yuelamu |publisher= Central Desert Regional Council|url=https://www.centraldesert.nt.gov.au/yuelamu|access-date=25 May 2020}}{{cite web | publisher=Northern Territory Government| title=Yuelamu – Major | website=BushTel | url=https://bushtel.nt.gov.au/profile/197 | access-date=18 March 2021}} Its altitude is {{convert|687.1|m}}.{{cite web | title=Yuelamu (Mt Allan) NT | website=ExplorOz | url=https://www.exploroz.com/places/27691/nt+yuelamu-mt-allan | access-date=18 March 2021}}

Yuelamu had a population of 149 at the {{CensusAU|2021}}. It falls within the local government area of the Central Desert Regional Council, the governing land council is the Central Land Council, and it lies in the Gwoja electoral division of the Northern Territory. The land is owned and managed by the Yalpirakinu Aboriginal Land Trust, on land south of Mount Denison station.

It lies on land which was formerly Mount Allan station, also spelt Mount Allen station, which was carved out of the traditional lands of the Anmatyerre and Warlpiri peoples.{{cite web | title=Speech by Hazel Hawke at the opening of the Yuelamu Art Gallery and Museum, 1988 |date=16 April 1988|first=Hazel| last=Hawke| website=John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library | url=http://john.curtin.edu.au/pmportal/text/00350_5.html | access-date=17 March 2021}} Today, most of the population is of these two nations, and they still speak their languages at home.{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC70300| name = Yuelamu| quick = on | access-date = 26 May 2020}}

The Yuelamu Art Gallery and Museum was officially opened by Hazel Hawke on 16 April 1988.

There is an airstrip close by, from which there are flights to and from Alice Springs. Access by road is via the Tanami Highway, with the turnoff about {{convert|65|km}} past Tilmouth Well, with this last stretch being a dirt road of {{convert|31|km}}.

Mount Allan School is a coeducational government-run school, serving the years from prep/reception through to Year 12.{{cite web | title=Mount Allan School | website=Good Schools Guide | url=https://www.goodschools.com.au/compare-schools/in-Yuelamu-872/mount-allan-school | access-date=18 March 2021}} There is also an early childhood centre, a clinic, a store, an aged care centre and a night patrol.{{cite web | publisher=Northern Territory Government| title=Yuelamu – Major: Community Directory | website=BushTel | url=https://bushtel.nt.gov.au/profile/197?tab=businessdirectory | access-date=18 March 2021}}