Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku explained

Type:	lga
Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku
State:	wa
Region:	Goldfields-Esperance
Area:	160732.9
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Seat:	Warburton
Url:	http://www.ngaanyatjarraku.wa.gov.au/
Mayor:	Damian McLean
Mayortitle:	Shire President
Fedgov:	O'Connor
Stategov:	North West Central
Near-Nw:	East Pilbara
Near-N:	East Pilbara
Near-Ne:	Northern Territory
Near-E:	Northern Territory
Near-Se:	South Australia
Near-S:	Laverton
Near-Sw:	Laverton
Near-W:	Wiluna

The Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku is a remote local government area in Western Australia near the Northern Territory/South Australian border. It is from Perth.

It was formed on 1 July 1993 following a report of the Local Government Boundaries Commission in 1992. The Shire of Wiluna was divided with the eastern area becoming the new Shire.

It is a community of interest within the traditional lands of the Ngaanyatjarra people of the Central Desert of Western Australia. The 99-year leases held by the Ngaanyatjarra Land Council on behalf of the traditional owners also form the boundaries of the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku.

The Shire has of gravel road and is far from bitumen roads.

The Federal Court of Australia on 29 June 2005 consented to the Native Title claim over approximately (about the size of Syria) of land in the Central Desert Region in the Shires of Laverton and Ngaanyatjarraku.

Ngaanyatjarra is the first language of most residents (65%, see below) with the other language significantly represented being Pitjantjatjara.

Population

The 2021 ABS Census indicated that the region's 1,358 residents comprised 48.5% males and 51.5% females, with 84.5% of the population being Indigenous Australians. The Ngaanyatjarraku community has a greater proportion of younger people than the overall Australian population and a lesser proportion of older people, reflected by the median age of 30 years of age compared with 38 Australia-wide.

Some other statistics:

- 84.5% of the population identify as Aboriginal Australian 71.4% (970) speak Ngaanyatjarra at home
9.9% speak English only at home (cf 72.0% nationwide)

Communities and localities

The Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku covers and is the local government authority responsible for the provision of services to the communities.^[1] There are 10 small local centres within the Ngaanyatyarra Lands.^[2]

The communities and localities of the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku with population and size figures based on the most recent Australian census:^[3] ^[4] ^[5]

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Kiwirrkurra and Yilka (Cosmo Newbery) lie outside the Lands, but are served by the Shire.^[6] ^[7]

Giles Weather Station is also within the Shire.^[8]

Council statistics

Location: Gibson / Great Victoria Deserts
Length of Sealed Roads (km): 12.6
Length of Unsealed Roads (km): 1,444
Population: 1,335 (2006 Census)
Educational Institutions
- Colleges 1
- Primary & High Schools (K −10) 8

Ngaanyatjarra Council (Aboriginal Corporation)

The associated Ngaanyatjarra Council operates

Air services (contracted to Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF))
Tertiary education (Ngaanyatjarra Community College, Warburton)
Communities
Land Management
Native Title Representative Body
Ngaanyatjarra Agencies and Transport Services Inc (NATS)
Ngaanyatjarra Services (Aboriginal Corporation)
Roadhouses
- Tjukayirla
- Warakurna
- Warburton
Service Stations
- Caltex Alice Springs fuel franchise supplies Caltex fuel and petroleum products to all Ngaanyatjarra communities, workshops and roadhouse facilities.
- Caltex Roadhouse – Alice Springs

Heritage-listed places

As of 2023, two places are heritage-listed in the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku, the Giles Meteorological Station and the Warakurna Multi-Function Police Facility,^[9] neither of which are on the State Register of Heritage Places.^[10]

Notes and References

Web site: Our Shire . Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku . 2 May 2021.
Web site: Community information. Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku . 2 May 2021.
Web site: SLIP Map . . maps.slip.wa.gov.au . . 3 January 2023 .
Web site: NationalMap . . nationalmap.gov.au . . 3 January 2023 .
Book: Kral, Inge . Talk, Text and Technology: Literacy and Social Practice in a Remote Indigenous Community . 2012 . Multilingual Matters . 978-1-847-69759-2 . 14.
Web site: Kiwirrkurra Campus . Ngaanyatjarra Lands School . 9 April 2018 . 2 May 2021.
Web site: Ngaanyatjarra Lands Directory. Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku . 2 May 2021.
Web site: Giles Weather Station. Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku . 2 May 2021.
Web site: Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku Heritage Places. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 20 February 2023.
Web site: Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku State Register of Heritage Places. . inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au . Heritage Council of Western Australia . 20 February 2023.