__NOTOC__ Anatye is a locality in the

Northern Territory of Australia The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

located in the territory's east adjoining the border with the state of

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

about south of the territory capital of Darwin. The locality consists of the following land (from north to south, then west to east): #Lucy Creek and Manners Creek pastoral leases #Jervois and Tarlton Downs pastoral leases, the Anatye Aboriginal Land Trust (i.e. NT Portion 1815), and the Marqua and

Tobermorey Tobermorey Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Central Australia, Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory. Tobermorey is on the western edge of Punthamara territory Location The property is situated a ...

pastoral leases #The remainder of the land in the Anatye Aboriginal Land Trust. As of 2020, it has an area of . The locality's boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007. Its name is derived from the Anatye Aboriginal Land Trust which was established in 1991 initially in respect to land described as NT Portion 1815 located on the

Plenty Highway The Plenty Highway is a outback mostly unsealed road in the Northern Territory of Australia between the Stuart Highway and north-western Queensland. Route description The road begins at a turnoff from the Stuart Highway north of Alice Spring ...

and previously used as an “Animal Industry Branch research block.” The

2016 Australian census The 2016 Australian census was the 17th Census in Australia, national population census held in Australia. The census was officially conducted with effect on Tuesday, 9 August 2016. The total population of the Commonwealth of Australia was count ...

which was conducted in August 2016 reports that Anatye had a population of 111 of which 62 (57.4%) identified as “

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, or recognised membership of, the various ethnic groups living within the territory of contemporary Australia prior to History of Australia (1788–1850), British colonisation. The ...

.” Anatye is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Namatjira and the local government area of the

Central Desert Region The Central Desert Region is a local government area of the Northern Territory, Australia, administered by the Central Desert Regional Council (formerly Central Desert Shire). The council's main towns are Ti-Tree, Yuendumu, and Lajamanu. ...

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{{Localities and communities of the Central Desert Region, state=collapsed Populated places in the Northern Territory Central Desert Region