Tjukurla Community

Last updated

Tjukurla
Western Australia
Australia Western Australia location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Tjukurla
Tjukurla Community
Coordinates 24.361°0′S128.737°0′E / 24.361°S 128.737°E / -24.361; 128.737
Population41 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 6642
Area39.1 km2 (15.1 sq mi)
Time zone ACST (UTC+9:30)
Location350 km (217 mi) north east of Warburton
LGA(s) Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku
State electorate(s) North West Central
Federal division(s) O'Connor

Tjukurla is an Aboriginal community, located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku. [2]

Contents

History

In the early 1980s a bore was put down near the present Tjukurla Community as part of the outstation movement from Docker River community. In mid-1981 an outstation was established at Kintore which provided an opportunity for those living at Papunya to move west, closer to their traditional lands. From Kintore many people moved to Tjukurla as that community's infrastructure developed. Residents also came from Warakurna, Docker River and a few from Warburton.

Native title

The community is located within the determined Ngaanyatjarra Lands (Part A) (WAD6004/04) native title claim area.

Governance

The community is managed through its incorporated body, Tjukurla Community Aboriginal Corporation, incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 17 February 1987.

Town planning

The turnoff to Tjukurla is marked by this large depiction of a stiletto heeled shoe painted in Aboriginal motifs Tjukurla Art Stiletto.jpg
The turnoff to Tjukurla is marked by this large depiction of a stiletto heeled shoe painted in Aboriginal motifs

Tjukurla Layout Plan No.1 has been prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. Layout Plan No.1 is yet[ timeframe? ] to be endorsed by the community. [3]

Related Research Articles

Kaltukatjara, also known as Docker River, is a remote Indigenous Australian community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is southwest of Alice Springs, west of the Stuart Highway, near the Western Australia and Northern Territory border. The township is on a wadi called the Docker Creek on the north side of the west end of the Petermann Ranges in the southwest corner of the Northern Territory of Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kunawarritji Community, Western Australia</span> Community in Western Australia

Kunawarritji is an Aboriginal community, located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, within the Shire of East Pilbara on the Canning Stock Route.

Mulan is a small Aboriginal community in Western Australia's east Kimberley. The community is in the Shire of Halls Creek, 44 km to the southwest of Balgo and about 10 km east of Lake Gregory. At the 2006 census, Mulan had a population of 114.

Ngalingkadji is a small Aboriginal community located within the Shire of Derby–West Kimberley in Western Australia. It is located south-east of Fitzroy Crossing; 54 km by the sealed Great Northern Highway and 9 km by the unsealed Cherrabun Road. Ngalingkadji community is also referred to as Chestnut Bore.

Imintji is a small Aboriginal community located 220 km from Derby in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley.

Joy Springs is a small Aboriginal community, located 30 km south east of Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Derby–West Kimberley.

Ngumpan is a small Aboriginal community, located 95 km south east of Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Halls Creek.

Yiyili is a small Aboriginal community, located 110 kilometres (68 mi) west of Halls Creek in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Halls Creek.

Moongardie is a small Aboriginal community, located 110 kilometres (68 mi) east of Halls Creek in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Halls Creek.

Ganinyi is a small Aboriginal community 110 km west of Halls Creek in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Halls Creek.

Girriyoowa is a small Aboriginal community, located approximately 110 kilometres (68 mi) west of Halls Creek in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Halls Creek.

Billiluna, also known as Mindibungu and Kururrungku, is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located approximately 150 km (93 mi) south of Halls Creek in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Halls Creek. In the 2016 census, Billiluna had a total population of 150 predominantly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Yulga Jinna is a medium-sized Aboriginal community located 130 km north of Meekatharra in the Mid-West region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Meekatharra.

Papulankutja is a large Aboriginal community located in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku.

Tjirrkarli is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku.

Warakurna is a large Aboriginal community, located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku and is situated on the Great Central Road. It is at the western end of the Rawlinson Ranges. At the 2016 census, Warakurna had a population of 268, including 237 who identified as Aboriginal Australians, most of whom speak Ngaanyatjarra at home.

Wanarn is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Burringurrah Aboriginal Community</span> Community in Western Australia

Burringurrah is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Upper Gascoyne. In the 2011 census, Burringurrah had a total population of 117, including 102 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The inselberg also once known as Mount Augustus is situated nearby.

Bondini is a small Aboriginal community, located 10 km east of Wiluna in the Mid West region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Wiluna. In the 2001 census, Bondini had a population of 105, including 102 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Woolah is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley.

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tjukurla Community (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Hema, Maps (2006). Australia’s Great Desert Tracks NC Sheet (Map). Eight Mile Plains Queensland: Hema Maps. ISBN   978-1-86500-163-0.
  3. "Layout plans". Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.