Emily Gap (Anthwerrke)

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Ground view of Emily Gap with bright blue sky, MacDonnell Ranges, Australia.

Known to the Arrernte as Anthwerrke, Emily Gap is one of the most important Aboriginal sites in the Alice Springs area; it was from here that the caterpillar ancestral beings of Mparntwe originated before crawling across the landscape to create the topographical features that exist today.

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