Kunytjanu (commonly written Kuntjanu) is an
Aboriginal community and
waterhole in northwestern
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
. It is serviced from the community of
Pipalyatjara to the north. It is located on the road between Pipalyatjara and
Watarru
Watarru Community is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands in South Australia (one of a number of communities or homelands on "The Lands"; others include Amata, Ernabella/ Pukatja, Fregon/ Kaltjiti, ...
. It was established as an
outstation in 1975, along with
Iltur,
Walytjatjata,
Kunamata and several others that used Pipalyatjara as a base.
It received a
grant
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Places
*Grant County (disambiguation)
Australia
* Grant, Queensland, a locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia
United Kingdom
* Castle Grant
United States
* Grant, Alabama
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for development from the government in 1978.
The area around Kunytjanu is connected with several
Dreamings. The waterhole itself is associated with the , the Dreaming of the water-snake or
Rainbow Serpent
The Rainbow Serpent or Rainbow Snake is a common deity often seen as the creator God, known by numerous names in different Australian Aboriginal languages by the many different Aboriginal peoples. It is a common motif in the art and religion ...
.
References
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[{{cite book, title=Annual Report, year=1978, publisher=Australian Government, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=GBx0UfTGC4XmiAeIzoGwAg, volume=1978–79, page=14, location=Canberra]
[{{cite book, title=The Pitjantjatjara and their crafts, year=1975, publisher=Aboriginal Arts Board, Australia Council, location=Canberra, isbn=9780642935298, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uLJzAAAAMAAJ, author=Peter Brokensha, page=2]
[{{cite book, title=The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia, year=1994, publisher=Aboriginal Studies Press, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, location=Canberra, isbn=9780855752507, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0YUAQAAIAAJ, author=David Horton, volume=2, page=871]
[{{Citation, title=Kuntjanunya, language=Pitjantjatjara, year=1971, author=Billy Puntjunyku, url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/version/20423157 , author2=William H. Edwards , publisher=Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, location=Canberra, pages=1–5]
Populated places in South Australia
Indigenous Australian communities
Waterholes of South Australia
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara