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Monday 9am - 4am Tuesday 9am - 4am Wednesday 9am - 4am Thursday 9am - 4am Friday 9am - 4am

Centre for Appropriate Technology, Desert Knowledge Precinct, 475 South Stuart Highway, Alice Springs (2026)

Name: Centre for Appropriate Technology
Address: Desert Knowledge Precinct, 475 South Stuart Highway, Alice Springs, NT, 0870, AU
Telephone: +61889596100

works towards sustainable and enterprising communities by delivering appropriate fit-for-purpose technology, including practical project design, technical innovation, infrastructure, and training services. The Centre for Appropriate Technology was established in 1980 to research, design, develop and teach appropriate technologies and deliver technical training to Indigenous people living in remote

communities. CfAT provides technical solutions to infrastructure challenges such as power, water, digital connectivity, and built infrastructure. CfAT also offers training through our Registered Training Organisation (RTO), skills development, employment opportunities, workplace development, and facilitate cultural connectivity.

19/06/2026

CfAT's Facilties & Maintenance crew was proud to provide our Test & Tag services to Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory Alice Springs office recently. 🔌⚡

We offer Test & Tag to organisations in Alice Springs and surrounding communities so get in touch to book the crew for your next round of Test & Tag! 💪🏾🙌🏾

📧 [email protected]
📞 08 8959 6100

09/06/2026

Our CEO Niki Ross recently attended the Aboriginal Housing NT Housing and Homelands Conference in Darwin, alongside Michael Tuckwell from Ekistica.

This national forum brought together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders, community‑controlled organisations, governments, industry and researchers to drive self‑determined housing solutions.

👉🏾 Some of the highlights included discussions around Aboriginal-led sustainable housing solutions, tackling youth homelessness, cultural and climate appropriate housing design, water security and renewable energy and overall strengthening of the sector.

26/05/2026

Save the Date for NAIDOC Week celebrations at the Desert People's Centre with CfAT and Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education RTO 0383! 🙌🏾

Market stalls, music, food and lots of activities for the grown ups and kids 🎉

📧 Email [email protected] if you'd like to have a stall at the event.

30/04/2026

The Desert People's Centre Board is seeking Expressions of Interest from experienced individuals for the roles of Voluntary Independent Chairperson and Independent Directors.

These roles offer the opportunity to provide governance leadership and strategic guidance to an Aboriginal-controlled organisation that supports education, training, and employment outcomes for Aboriginal people in Central Australia.

📧 Email [email protected] for more info or to submit an EOI!

20/04/2026

Last week, the CfAT crew had a bit of fun disassembling disposed aircraft chairs as part of our partnership with the University of Melbourne's Engineering Faculty Repurposing project. ✈️💺

👉🏾 The Engineering students from UniMelb have been working with the crew to develop resources that provide them with a framework for understanding the properties of different parts of disposed material, that they can then design into new products that provide solutions to identified needs of people living in remote communities.

There were a lot of ideas thrown around, and the crew will continue working with the students to refine the resources, as well as developing prototypes of products that address the needs of regional and remote living! 💪🏾🙌🏾

The University of Melbourne Faculty of Engineering & Information Technology

Address

Desert Knowledge Precinct, 475 South Stuart Highway
Alice Springs, NT
0870

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4am
Tuesday	9am - 4am
Wednesday	9am - 4am
Thursday	9am - 4am
Friday	9am - 4am

Telephone

+61889596100

Website

http://cfat.org.au/

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