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| Locality | Yuelamu |
| Territory | Northern Territory (NT) |
| Local Government Area | Central Desert Region |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) - no daylight saving |
| Remoteness | Very Remote Australia |
| Latitude | -22.26444 |
| Longitude | 132.20353 |
| Population | 228 |
| Density | 8.6 /km² |
| Area | 26.6 km² |
| Elevation | 681 m |
| Postcode | 0872 |
| Area Code | 08 |
| Distance to Darwin | 1099 km south |
Yuelamu is a locality in the Central Desert Region local government area of Northern Territory, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 228. The locality covers an area of 26.6 km², giving a population density of about 8.6 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 681 m above sea level. It lies approximately 1099 km south of Darwin. Yuelamu is located at 22.2644°S, 132.2035°E. It observes Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) - no daylight saving. Postcode: 0872. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Very Remote Australia.
Yuelamu sits under a sky that stretches into infinity, a vast canvas of cerulean during the day that deepens to an inky, star-dusted expanse at night. It lies 234.5 km north-west of Alice Springs, NT (from Alice Springs, NT: bearing 313°T), and is situated 42.4 km east of Yuendumu. The land here is a study in ochre and rust, a mosaic of spinifex grasses and hardy shrubs clinging to the ancient, sun-baked earth. Gentle undulations in the terrain hint at the deep geological time that has shaped this country, and the air itself carries a dry, clean scent, a whisper of distant horizons and the enduring spirit of the desert. Even the shadows cast by the acacia trees seem to possess a certain weight, a testament to the relentless, yet beautiful, power of the sun.
The story of Yuelamu is inextricably linked to the pastoral leases that have defined life in this part of the Central Desert for generations, where cattle stations once dotted the landscape, their livelihoods tied to the sparse but resilient grazing. While large-scale grazing has receded in some areas, the echoes of that history remain, a quiet persistence in the face of the formidable environment. The Indigenous heritage of this region is profound, a continuous thread woven through millennia, and the subtle shifts in the colour of the earth, particularly at dawn and dusk, seem to hold the secrets of those who have walked this land for countless years. The journey to Yuelamu itself is a pilgrimage, a shedding of the familiar, a stepping into a place where the immense scale of the natural world reasserts its ancient, quiet authority.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Yuelamu, Northern Territory. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Yuelamu, in the Central Desert Region local government area.
Detailed location data for Yuelamu includes the postcode (0872), telephone area code (08), and local government area (Central Desert Region), with an ABS remoteness classification of Very Remote Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Yuelamu is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |