Namatjira Drive is a designated

state route A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...

in the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Au ...

of Australia. Strictly touristic, it runs through

West MacDonnell National Park Tjoritja / West MacDonnell is a national park in the Northern Territory ( Australia) due west of Alice Springs and 1234 km south of Darwin. It extends along the MacDonnell Ranges west of Alice Springs. The popular extended walk, the Larap ...

.Namatjira Drive
/ref> Like Larapinta Drive, from which it branches off, it is part of the

Red Centre Way The Red Centre Way is a scenic route with a total length of 835 km, consisting of roads named Namatjira Drive, Luritja Road, Larapinta Drive and parts of the Lasseter Highway. Beginning in the city of Alice Springs, it connects the villages of ...

. Namatjira Drive is named after

Albert Namatjira Albert Namatjira (born Elea Namatjira; 28 July 1902 – 8 August 1959) was an Arrernte language, Arrernte painter from the MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia, widely considered one of the greatest and most influential Australian artists. As ...

(1902–1959), one of the most famous Aboriginal painters, who was born in

Hermannsburg Hermannsburg is a village and a former municipality in the Celle district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it is part of the municipality Südheide. It has been a state-recognised resort town since 1971. It is situated on the river ...

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{{Road infrastructure in Northern Territory Roads in the Northern Territory

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