Patjarr Community

Patjarr
Western Australia
Patjarr
Coordinates 24°37.0′S 126°18.86′E / 24.6167°S 126.31433°E / -24.6167; 126.31433Coordinates: 24°37.0′S 126°18.86′E / 24.6167°S 126.31433°E / -24.6167; 126.31433
Population 41 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 6642
Location 200 km (124 mi) north of Warburton
LGA(s) Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku
State electorate(s) Kalgoorlie
Federal Division(s) O'Connor
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
37.6 °C
100 °F		 5.5 °C
42 °F		 247.7 mm
9.8 in

Patjarr (also known as Karilywara) is a small Aboriginal community, located near the Clutterbuck Hills between Lake Cobb and Lake Newell, 243 kilometres by road north west of Warburton[2] in the Goldfields-Esperance Region of Western Australia.

Demographics

When enumerated in the 2011 Census of Population and Housing, Patjarr had a population of just 41.[1] While no further demographic details are available from the 2011 census, 84% of residents in 2006 identified themselves as being of Indigenous descent.[3] Most of Patjarr's Aboriginal residents are part of the Pintupi group.[4] At the time of the 2006 Census, the Indigenous population profile of Patjarr was skewed, with a sex ratio of 1.0 male per 2.2 females.[3]

History

The Pintupi began returning to their homelands near Patjarr in 1979 with a view to setting up a permanent outstation.[4] While the community's governing body, Patjarr Aboriginal Corporation, was incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 28 April 1980,[5] it was not until 1993 that community and its surrounds were excised from the Gibson Desert Nature Reserve and leased to the traditional owners by the Aboriginal Lands Trust.[4] Native Title was determined to exist in 2005, as part of the Stanley Mervyn, Adrian Young, and Livingston West and Ors, on behalf of the Peoples of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands v Western Australia and Ors claim.[6]

Town planning

Patjarr 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 10 October 2008.[2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Census of Population and Housing: Mesh Block Counts, 2011". Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2012.
  2. 1 2 Planning Western Australia. "Patjarr (Karilywarra)". Retrieved February 2015.
  3. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Patjarr (Indigenous Location)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku. "Patjarr (Karliywara)". Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  5. ↑ Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations. "Documents for Patjarr Aboriginal Corporation". Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  6. ↑ Federal Court of Australia. "Stanley Mervyn, Adrian Young, and Livingston West and Ors, on behalf of the Peoples of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands v Western Australia and Ors 2005 FCA 831 (29 June 2005)". Retrieved 26 July 2012.
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