Wingellina, Western Australia Explained

Type:town
Wingellina
State:wa
Lga:Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku
Local Map:yes
Zoom:10
Coordinates:-26.07°N 128.93°W
Pushpin Label Position:left
Postcode:0872
Elevation:676
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Stategov:North West Central
Fedgov:O'Connor
Dist1:1700
Dir1:north east
Location1:Perth
Dist2:236
Dir2:east
Location2:Warburton
Dist3:712
Dir3:south west
Location3:Alice Springs
Timezone:ACST
Utc:+9:30

Wingellina or Irrunytju Community is a small Indigenous Australian community in Western Australia located about 1700km (1,100miles) north east of Perth near the Western Australian-South Australian border in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia. The local language of Wingellina is Pitjantjatjara.

Surrounded by large granite hills with mulga and mallee country, the community maintains many traditional activities such as hunting and gathering bush tucker as well as making many carved wooden artefacts.[2]

The community is situated southwest of the Surveyor Generals Corner near the border in the Gibson and Great Victoria deserts between the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.[3]

History

The community was established in the 1980s and was composed mainly of people from the Warburton mission. These people still have spiritual and ancestral ties to many parts of the region. Like other communities in the area, many came from South Australia because of rocket testing at Woomera.

Town planning

Wingellina Layout Plan No.1 has been prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. It currently exists in draft format only, having not been endorsed by the community. The map set is viewable at Planning Western Australia's website.[4]

Native title

The community is located within the determined Ngaanyatjarra Lands (Part A) native title claim (WC04/3).

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://airportnavfinder.com/airport/YWNL/ Airport Nav Finder
  2. Web site: The Ngaanyatjarra People. 2009. 27 January 2011.
  3. Web site: Wingellina Community details. 2009. 27 January 2011.
  4. Web site: Layout plans. Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage. 2020-02-20. 2021-02-10.