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History

The Anmatjere Council was formed in May 1993 and started full operations at the end of September 1993.

The area is currently 4000 square kilometres and has a population of around 2000 people. The majority of this people are Aboriginal (78%). On a kilometre per person basis, the population density is 0.56 people per square kilometre.

The town of Ti Tree, or sometime Tea Tree, was established late last century, however no one really knows why it was named Ti Tree. In the days when drovers would drive cattle overland to Queensland the area was used to water the cattle.

Over the last fifty years the town has changed. During World War II it was used as a refuelling stop, by the end of the century the town had changed to a large regional centre.

For more information please see Anmatjere Library and Knowledge Centre. Ti Tree, Central Australia at www.users.bigpond.com