Yungngora Community, Western Australia
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Yungngora Community Western Australia |
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 Yungngora Community
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| Coordinates | 18°30′00″S 124°50′00″E / 18.50000°S 124.83333°ECoordinates: 18°30′00″S 124°50′00″E / 18.50000°S 124.83333°E |
| Population | 288 (2006 census) |
| Postcode(s) | 6765 |
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Derby-West Kimberley |
| State electorate(s) | Kimberley |
| Federal Division(s) | Durack |
Yungngora is a medium-sized Aboriginal community in the Kimberley region in northern Western Australia, situated approximately 280 km east-south-east of Broome and 100 km south-west of Fitzroy Crossing. At the 2006 census, Yungngora had a population of 288.
The community is located on the Noonkanbah Station on the banks of the Fitzroy River between Camballin and Fitzroy Crossing. Yungngora is the gateway to communities further inland such as Kadjina Community and Yakanarra Community. The main access road is unpaved and so becomes inaccessible during the "wet season".
Some members of the Yungngora people were removed to Beagle Bay Community as part of the Stolen Generation.
The pastoral lease at Noonkanbah was purchased for the community in 1976. Great controversy surrounded the township when its citizens opposed the exploratory oil drilling at a sacred site on the station by the American oil miner AMAX in 1979.
Yungngora Community has a school, Kulkarriya Community School, which was established in 1978 for students from pre-primary through Year 12 in the Western Australian education system. At present it employs five teachers, a principal and 17 Aboriginal staff. The primary and secondary school population for the year 2007 was 87.
Yungngora Layout Plan No.2 was prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements and was endorsed by the community and WAPC in 2009. The layout plan map-set and background report can be viewed at Planning Western Australia official site.
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