Warakurna
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Warakurna Western Australia |
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| Coordinates | 25.015°0′S 128.299°0′E / 25.015°S 128.299°ECoordinates: 25.015°0′S 128.299°0′E / 25.015°S 128.299°E | ||||||||
| Population | 179 (2011 census) | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6642 | ||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kalgoorlie | ||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | O'Connor | ||||||||
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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 (part of the Outback Way ultimately connecting Perth to Cairns diagonally across Australia). It is at the western end of the Rawlinson Ranges. At the 2011 census, Warakurna had a population of 179, including 155 who identified as Aboriginal Australians, most of whom speak Ngaanyatjarra at home.
In the early 1970s several factors, including the availability of government funding for outstations, easier road access, and over-crowding at Docker River settlement and Warburton Mission, all combined to make the location of Giles Weather Station ideal for a new community. The Warakurna community became incorporated in 1976 and a member of the Ngaanyatjarra Council in 1981.
The community is located within the Determined Ngaanyatjarra Lands (Part A) (WAD6004/04) Native Title claim area.
Warakurna Layout Plan No.1 was prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements and was endorsed by the community in 2003 and the Western Australian Planning Commission in 2004.
Children of school age at Warakurna attend the Warakurna campus of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands School which was formed in 2007 by administratively combining nine remote campuses in the Ngaanyatjarra lands. Warakurna campus caters to year nine, then students must transfer to the larger campus at Warburton.
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