Wanarn Community
Wanarn | |
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  Wanarn | |
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| Coordinates: 25.291°0′S 127.568°0′E / 25.291°S 127.568°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Western Australia |
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| Area | |
• Total | 285.2 km2 (110.1 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total(s) | 117 (SAL 2021)[2] |
| Postcode | 6642 |
Wanarn is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku.
In Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters, historian Margo Neale reports that Wanarn was founded due to its importance to the Seven Sisters Dreaming.[3]
Native title
[edit]The community is located within the determined Ngaanyatjarra Lands (Part A) (WAD6004/04) native title claim area.
Governance
[edit]The community is managed through its incorporated body, Wanarn (Aboriginal Corporation) (formally Wannan Community (Aboriginal Corporation)), incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 27 June 1989.
Town planning
[edit]Wanarn Layout Plan No.1 has been prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. Layout Plan No.1 was endorsed by the community on 1 December 2003 and the Western Australian Planning Commission on 4 May 2004.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wanarn Community (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wanarn Community (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ Neale, Margo, ed. (2017). Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters. National Museum of Australia Press. p. 157. ISBN 9781921953293.
- ^ "Layout plans". Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage. 20 February 2020. Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
