{{Short description|Community in the Northern Territory, Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} thumb|300px| Haasts Bluff west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia '''Haasts Bluff''', also known as '''Ikuntji''', is an Aboriginal Australian community in Central Australia, a region of the Northern Territory. The community is located in the MacDonnell Shire local government area, {{convert|227|km|mi}} west of Alice Springs. At the 2006 census, the community, including outstations, had a population of 207.<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2006 AUS |id=ILOC3300509 |name=Haasts Bluff and Outstations (Indigenous Location) |accessdate=5 August 2009 |quick=on }}</ref>
==History== The Haasts Bluff community takes its name from the nearby outcrop, given this name in 1872 by the explorer Ernest Giles, after the German-born New Zealand geologist, Julius von Haast.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Clune |first=Frank |title=Albert Namatjira, Our great Aboriginal painter |journal=Dawn |publisher=Aborigines Welfare Board, NSW |volume=6 |pages=10 |date=March 1957 |url=http://www1.aiatsis.gov.au/dawn/docs/v06/s03/12.pdf |access-date=6 August 2009 |issue=3 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927201142/http://www1.aiatsis.gov.au/dawn/docs/v06/s03/12.pdf |archive-date=27 September 2009 }}</ref>
The locality was established as a Lutheran mission in 1946, and is home to Western Arrernte, Pintupi and Pitjantjatjara people.<ref name=wva>{{cite web |title=Ikuntji (Haasts Bluff) |url=http://trans.worldvision.com.au/birrung/ArtCentre.aspx?ID=3 |publisher=World Vision Australia |access-date=5 August 2009 |archive-date=24 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224022943/http://trans.worldvision.com.au/birrung/ArtCentre.aspx?ID=3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The term "Finke River Mission" was initially an alternative name for the Hermannsburg Mission, but this name was later often used to include the settlements at Haasts Bluff, Areyonga and, later, Papunya. It now refers to all Lutheran missionary activity in Central Australia since the first mission was established at Hermannsburg in 1877.<ref>{{cite web |title=Finke River Mission – Glossary Term – Northern Territory |website=Find & Connect |date=17 March 2017 |first1=Karen |last1=George |first2=Gary |last2=George |url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/nt/biogs/YE00058b.htm |access-date=8 November 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About |website=Finke River Mission |date=29 October 2018 |url=https://finkerivermission.lca.org.au/about-us/ |access-date=8 November 2022 }}</ref><ref name=135anniv>{{cite web |url=http://www.lca.org.au/finke-river-mission-135th-anniversary.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624161613/http://www.lca.org.au/finke-river-mission-135th-anniversary.html |archive-date=24 June 2015 |title=Finke River Mission 135th Anniversary |website=Lutheran Church of Australia }}</ref>
==Art== A number of notable Indigenous artists were born, raised, or lived at Haasts Bluff, including Makinti Napanangka,<ref name="Johnson">{{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Vivien |title=Lives of the Papunya Tula Artists |pages=316–318 |publisher=IAD Press |location=Alice Springs, NT |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-86465-090-7 }}</ref> Daisy Jugadai Napaltjarri,<ref name="Birnberg213">{{cite book |last=Birnberg |first=Margo |author2=Janusz Kreczmanski |title=Aboriginal Artist Dictionary of Biographies: Australian Western, Central Desert and Kimberley Region |publisher=J.B. Publishing |location=Marleston, South Australia |year=2004 |pages=213–214 |isbn=1-876622-47-4 }}</ref> Tjunkiya Napaltjarri, Wintjiya Napaltjarri, Eileen Napaltjarri, Nora Andy Napaltjarri, Ada Andy Napaltjarri, Ngoia Pollard Napaltjarri, Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri, Norah Nelson Napaljarri, Doris Bush Nungarrayi, Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cooeeart.com.au/marketplace/artists/profile/TjapaltjarriBill/ |title=Profile |website=cooeeart.com.au |publisher=Cooee Art |access-date=11 January 2019 |archive-date=12 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412070656/https://www.cooeeart.com.au/marketplace/artists/profile/TjapaltjarriBill/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula.<ref name="NMA">{{cite web |url=http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/papunya_painting_out_of_the_australian_desert/turkey_tolson_tjupurrula/ |title=Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula |work=Papunya Painting: out of the Australian desert |publisher=National Museum of Australia |access-date=3 September 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
===Ikuntji Artists=== <!---redirects target this section.---> Ikuntji Artists is a not-for-profit Aboriginal art centre, run by a board of seven Indigenous directors.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |website=Ikuntji Artists |url=https://ikuntji.com.au/about/about/ |access-date=12 September 2021 }}</ref> It was the first art centre established by women in the Western Desert Art Movement, starting out as a women's centre in 1992.<ref name=visit/> Molly Jugadai Napaltjarri played a significant role in its establishment as an art centre,<ref name="Owen">{{cite web |url=http://www.kateowengallery.com/artists/Mol178/artistBio.htm |title=Molly Napaltjarri Jugadai |publisher=Kate Owen Gallery and Studio |access-date=6 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713140018/http://www.kateowengallery.com/artists/Mol178/Molly-Napaltjarri-Jugadai.htm |archive-date=13 July 2011 }}</ref> with the assistance of Marina Strocchi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ikuntji.com.au/Exhibitions/exhibitions.asp |title=Upcoming exhibitions |year=2008 |publisher=Ikuntji Fine Art |access-date=6 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003131849/http://www.ikuntji.com.au/Exhibitions/exhibitions.asp |archive-date=3 October 2009 }}</ref>
The centre was incorporated as Ikuntji Artists Aboriginal Corporation in 2005, and many of the artists' works are now represented in national and international collections.<ref name=visit>{{cite web |title=Ikuntji Artists |website=Visit the Northern Territory |date=9 June 2021 |url=https://northernterritory.com/alice-springs-and-surrounds/see-and-do/ikuntji-artists |access-date=12 September 2021 }}</ref> Around 100 local artists are represented by the centre.<ref name=mabin2022>{{cite web |last=Mabin |first=Saskia |title=Central Australian artists witness collective's Indigenous designs hitting fashion runways in Europe |website=ABC News |date=27 September 2022 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-27/ikuntji-artist-indigenous-fashion-designs-catwalks-london-paris/101418022 |access-date=27 September 2022 }}</ref>
In 2019, Ikuntji artist Eunice Napanangka Jack won the Vincent Lingiari Art Award for her painting titled ''Kuruyultu'', which is the name of her birthplace.<ref name=asn2019>{{cite web |title=Vincent Lingiari award: the art of truth-telling |website=Alice Springs News |first=Kieran |last=Kinnane |date=5 September 2019 |url=https://alicespringsnews.com.au/2019/09/06/vincent-lingiari-award-the-art-of-truth-telling/ |access-date=12 September 2021 |others=first published 6 September; updated 11 September 2019 }}</ref>
Singer Jessica Mauboy, Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney, and Australian comedian Celeste Barber have worn clothing featuring design by Ikuntji, and Ikuntji art has been displayed in Europe. In September 2022, artists Keturah Zimran and Roseranna Larry travelled to Paris, France, where their designs were being showcased in fashion shows.<ref name=mabin2022/>
A book, ''Ikuntji Textiles'', was launched in September 2022 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in Sydney.<ref name=mabin2022/><ref>{{cite web |title=Ikuntji Textiles – Edited by Chrischona Schmidt |website=MCA Store, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia |url=https://store.mca.com.au/products/ikuntji-textiles-edited-by-chrischona-schmidt |access-date=27 September 2022 }}</ref>
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