Alyangula Area School

Alyangula Area School is located in the mining township of Alyangula, which is situated on Groote Eylandt in the Northern Territory of Australia. This island is 650km east of Darwin and 50km off the Arnhem Land coast in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The population of the township is approximately 1200, the majority of whom work for the Groote Eylandt Mining Company.

The traditional owners of Groote Eylandt are the Warnindilyakwa people, but are referred to by their language name Anindilyakwa.

Alyangula Area School caters for students from early years (Preschool) to middle years (Year 9), with the Senior years programs (Year 10, 11, 12) offered through a dual enrolment with the NT School of Distance Education, and VET courses delivered through a partnership with Charles Darwin University. It had 216 enrolments in 2016.

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