Areyonga (Pitjantjatjara: Utju) is a small town in the Northern Territory of Australia, located about 220 km (140 mi) west of Alice Springs.

[13] Areyonga has a general store, community hall, and sporting facilities, including an Aussie rules football oval, and basketball court.

[11] The local football team, Areyonga Desert Tigers, travels up to 1,600 km (990 mi) to play opponents at places such as Docker River.

Local assistant teacher Djala Andrews, who died in 2018, is credited with getting the program running, while David Raff was principal in the early days.

Tarna Andrews, Djala's partner, is still teaching at the school, nearly 40 years after starting there, and Christine Bennett and Lucinda Nipper are assistant teachers.

For the 50-year celebration, past principals, teacher linguists, and other staff members travelled to the school to join the inma and other activities.

During the 1980s, artists and writers in the Pitjantjatjara language worked with the teachers at the school, and Indigenous stories, activities, and imagery featured in classroom materials and books.

[10] Pitjantjatjara artist Bill Whiskey Tjapaltjarri lived at the mission for some time in his younger days in the mid-20th century, working as a labourer, clearing land, building, mustering, and cooking, for which he was paid in rations.

[19] She was one of four senior women artists from Maruku Arts & Crafts who decorated the canvas version of the Uluru Statement from the Heart in 2017.