| Warrayu Western Australia | |
|---|---|
  Warrayu | |
| Coordinates | 15.479°0′S128.12°0′E / 15.479°S 128.120°E |
| Elevation | 47 m (154 ft) |
| LGA(s) | Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley |
| State electorate(s) | Kimberley |
| Federal division(s) | Durack |
Warrayu is a small Aboriginal community, located proximate to Wyndham in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley.
The Warrayu community was established in the early seventies[ specify ] and maintains cultural and genealogical connections with Forrest River Mission community, otherwise known as Oombulgurri. The older residents of Warrayu community are originally from ancestral grounds near Oombulgurri.
The community is covered by the registered Balangarra 3 native title claim (WC00/6).
The community is managed by the Warrayu Aboriginal Corporation, incorporated under the Commonwealth's Incorporations and Associations Act.
Warrayu Layout Plan No.1 has been prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements, and was endorsed by the community on 23 January 2003 and the Western Australian Planning Commission on 15 April 2003. The Layout Plan map-set and background report can be viewed at Planning Western Australia's website. [1]
Oombulgurri, also written as Umbulgara, was an Aboriginal community in the eastern Kimberley, 45 kilometres (28 mi) by air and about 210 kilometres (130 mi) by road northwest of Wyndham. It was first established as the Forrest River Mission in 1913. It had a population of 107 as of the 2006 census. It was inhabited by the Yeidji people who now self-identify as Balanggarra. In 2011, the government of Western Australia encouraged residents of Oombulgurri to move elsewhere, after it deemed the community unsustainable. The last residents from Oombulgurri were relocated to Wyndham just before Christmas 2011. There is still a locality with this name that includes the surrounding area, which had a population of 27 at the 2021 census.
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