Heavitree Gap Explained

Heavitree Gap
Other Name:Ntaripe
Map:Australia Northern Territory
Traversed:Stuart Highway, Adelaide–Darwin railway
Location:Alice Springs
Range:MacDonnell Ranges
Coordinates:-23.7263°N 133.8656°W

The Heavitree Gap, or Ntaripe in the Arrernte language, is a water gap in the Northern Territory of Australia in the MacDonnell Ranges. It is the southern entrance to the city of Alice Springs and in addition to the Todd River it carries the main road and rail access to the south.

The Gap is an important sacred site for the Arrernte people[1] [2] [3] and its use as a thoroughfare was avoided by women prior to the construction of the road and later Central Australia Railway.

The Gap was named by William Mills, the Overland Telegraph line surveyor who discovered the location for Alice Springs.[4] It was named after his former school in Heavitree, Devon.[5]

On the southwest side of The Gap is the historic Heavitree Gap Police Station.[6]

The Gap has been painted by numerous artists including Albert Namatjira,[7] Oscar Namatjira,[8] Basel Rangea,[9] and John Borrack.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sacred Sites Tour and the Gap (photograph). Leigh Holdaway (photographer) . 7 September 2015 . abc.net.au . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Doris Stuart (centre) explains the significance of Heavitree Gap (Ntaripe) during a recent sacred sites tour . 29 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Dreaming . Heavitree Gap is Arlperenye Beetle Dreaming . yipirinya.com.au . Yipirinya School . 29 November 2018 . 2 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200302023110/http://www.yipirinya.com.au/yipirinya/yipirinya.phtml . dead .
  3. Web site: Box BIO11 Caterpillars as big as a mountain: the role of spiritual beliefs about animals and plants . Fiona Walsh . .. believed by Arrernte people to be formed where the ilperenye beetle savaged the ayepe-arenye [caterpillars] and chewed off their heads. . soe.environment.gov.au . Commonwealth Government of Australia . 29 November 2018 . 6 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191006113052/https://soe.environment.gov.au/case-study/biodiversity/box-bio11-caterpillars-big-mountain-role-spiritual-beliefs-about-animals-and . dead .
  4. Web site: Alice Springs . ntlis.nt.gov.au . Northern Territory Government . 29 November 2018.
  5. Web site: Heavitree Gap . ntlis.nt.gov.au . Northern Territory Government . 27 November 2018.
  6. News: 8 February 2004 . Alice Springs: Old Stuart Gaol . Sydney Morning Herald . 29 November 2018.
  7. Web site: Albert Namatjira: Heavitree Gap . artistsfootsteps.com . Araluen Galleries . 29 November 2018.
  8. Web site: Past Auction: Heavitree gap, ca. 1960 . artnet.com . Artnet Worldwide Corporation . 29 November 2018.
  9. Web site: Gouache painting depicting landscape of Heavitree Gap, N.T . collectionsearch.nma.gov.au . National Museum of Australia . 29 November 2018.
  10. Web site: Heavitree Gap, Alice Springs . ngv.vic.gov.au . National Gallery of Victoria . 29 November 2018.

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