Anmatjere is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia located about 1,088 kilometres (676 mi) south of the territory capital of Darwin.^[1][3]

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Anmatjere Northern Territory
Sculpture at the Aileron Roadhouse on the Stuart Highway
Anmatjere
Coordinates	21°44′47″S 133°19′08″E[1]
Population	477 (2016 census)[2] [lower-alpha 1]
• Density	0.008758/km2 (0.022684/sq mi)
Established	4 April 2007[1]
Postcode(s)	0872[3]
Elevation	566 m (1,857 ft)(weather station) [4]
Area	54,462 km2 (21,027.9 sq mi)[5]
Time zone	ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location	1,088 km (676 mi) S of Darwin City[3]
LGA(s)	Barkly Region[1] Central Desert Region[6]
Territory electorate(s)	Stuart[7]
Federal division(s)	Lingiari[8]
Mean max temp[4] Mean min temp[4] Annual rainfall[4] 31.0 °C 88 °F 14.4 °C 58 °F 315.8 mm 12.4 in
Suburbs around Anmatjere: Tanami Warumunga Davenport Sandover Lake Mackay Chilla Well Anmatjere Sandover Hart Mount Zeil Mount Zeil Burt Plain Hart Hart
Footnotes	Adjoining localities[9][10][6]

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The locality was named after the former Anmatjere Community Government Council, whose seat was located in the town of Ti-Tree. Its boundaries and name were gazetted on 4 April 2007.^[9][1]

Anmatjere is located within the federal division of Lingiari, the territory electoral division of Stuart and the local government areas of the Barkly Shire and the Central Desert Region.^{[8][7][10][6][1]}

The 2016 Australian census reports that Anmatjere had 477 people living within its boundaries, of whom 47.3% were male, 52.7% were female and 87.9% identified as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.^[2]

The following sites located within Anmatjere are listed on the Northern Territory Heritage Register:^{[11][12][13][14][15]}

• Aileron Homestead No. 1
• Alcoota Fossil Beds
• Anna's Reservoir Conservation Reserve
• Old Mount Riddock Homestead – Gemtree
• Ryan Well Historical Reserve

The homestead of Woodgreen Station, also known as Atartinga, is situated within Anmatjere.^[16]

Mount Skinner, a mountain,^[17] is within Anmatjere. The Ediacaran-aged fossil known as Skinnera is named for its discovery at from three sites near Mount Skinner.^[18] Mount Skinner Station, a station of around 2,860 km² (1,100 sq mi) in extent, is located approximately 160–200 km (99–124 mi) north of Alice Springs on the Sandover Highway.^[19] The property was established in 1952 by John "Jock" Nelson, a Labor MP who served in the Australian House of Representatives for 17 years. The Nelson and Barber families held the pastoral lease on the property until 2019, when a South Australian family acquired the station. At that time it had around 2,500 Poll Hereford cattle.^[20]

As of 2020^[update], anthropologists' work is continuing on both Woodgreen and Mount Skinner pastoral leases as the basis for any future native title claims, under the auspices of the Central Land Council.^[21]

Two sculptures, Anmatjere Man and Anmatjere Woman and Child, are located at the Aileron roadhouse.^[22][23]