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Bidyadanga, also known as La Grange, is the largest Aboriginal community in Western Australia, with a population of approximately 750 residents.It is located 180 kilometres (110 mi) south of Broome and 1,590 kilometres (990 mi) from the state capital Perth, in the Kimberley region.
Wiluna has from 200 to 600 Aboriginal people living within its community, depending upon the nature, time and place of the traditional law ceremonies across the Central Desert region. The traditional Aboriginal owners (a grouping known as the Martu) were "settled" as a consequence of the British colonisation process that began in the 1800s. In ...
The name Ieramugadu, also spelt Yirramagardu, which is used by the local Aboriginal community to describe Roebourne, is the Ngarluma word [3] for a native fig species that is found in and around the area. [4] The fig is a food source for traditional owners. Archaeological evidence indicates human occupation of the area for over 40,000 years.
Ardyaloon or One Arm Point, also known as Bardi, is an Aboriginal Australian community town on the Dampier Peninsula, in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is located 2,446 km (1,520 mi) north of Perth [3] and the closest populated town is Derby. At the 2016 census, Bardi had a population of 365. [4]
The community was established in 1988 after a water bore was drilled at the location. [citation needed]The Tjuntjuntjara community members are part of a larger group known as the Spinifex people, who were removed from their homelands (which range across the WA and SA border lands) prior to the British nuclear tests at Maralinga in the 1950s and 1960s.
This community has been extensively studied and is the subject of publications in regards to Aboriginal health (e.g. trachoma and kidney disease). In 2008 a new clinic was being built, in collaboration with the Australian Army and Western Australia Health.
Yalata is governed at the local level by the Yalata Community Council, one of the several local government bodies in South Australia classified as Aboriginal Councils (AC). [26] Yalata Land is held in trust under the Aboriginal Lands Trust Act 1966 and covers an area of 456,300 ha (1,128,000 acres). [10]
The community is managed through its incorporated body, Papulankutia Community Incorporated, which is one of several communities managed by the Ngaanyatjarra Council. [5] The Council is an Aboriginal corporation , incorporated in March 1981, that is the main body overseeing in a large group of Ngaanyatjarra service delivery organisations, some ...