Kundat Djaru Community
| Kundat Djaru Western Australia | |||||||
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  Kundat Djaru | |||||||
| Coordinates | 18°49′S 128°36′E / 18.817°S 128.600°ECoordinates: 18°49′S 128°36′E / 18.817°S 128.600°E | ||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6770 | ||||||
| Elevation | 422 m (1,385 ft) | ||||||
| Location | 170 km (106 mi) south east of Halls Creek, Western Australia | ||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Halls Creek | ||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kimberley | ||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Durack | ||||||
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Kundat Djaru is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located 170 km south east of Halls Creek in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Halls Creek.
History
The Kundat Djaru community consists of people displaced from the surrounding pastoral leases in 1967. These people were evicted from Gordon Downs Station between 1978 and 1981. The people then camped in Halls Creek and were given State Government assistance to move to Kundat Djaru which was made a permanent reserve in 1982.
Native title
The community is located within the Determined Tjurabalan People (WAD160/97) Native Title claim area.
Education
Children of school age at Kundat Djaru attend the Birlirr Ngawiyiwu (Spirit of God) Catholic School. The school is an integral part of life for the Kundat Djaru people with an enrolment of about 60 students from Pre-Kindy to Yr 7. A unique focus for the school is the two way learning of Jaru and English. Teachers and Aboriginal Teacher Assistants work collaboratively in providing a holistic education which encompasses the Key Learning Areas of the Curriculum whilst catering for the remoteness of the Yaruman situation and continuing the language, culture and traditions of the Jaru people.
Governance
The community is managed through its incorporated body, Kundat Djaru Aboriginal Corporation, incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 4 August 1980.
Town planning
Kundat Djaru Layout Plan No.2 has been prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. Layout Plan No.2 was endorsed by the community on 15 March 2002 and the WAPC on 28 October 2003. The Layout Plan map-set and background report can be viewed at Planning Western Australia official site.
External links
- [Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations http://www.orac.gov.au/document.aspx?concernID=100080]
- Native Title Claimant application summary
- http://www.yaruman.wa.edu.au/main/about/about.html