Papulankutja (also referred to as Blackstone) is a large Aboriginal community located in the

Goldfields–Esperance The Goldfields–Esperance region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is located in the south eastern corner of Western Australia, and comprises the local government areas of Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Kalgoorlie–Bo ...

region of

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, within the

Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku The Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku is a remote local government area in Western Australia near the Northern Territory/South Australian border. It is from Perth. It was formed on 1 July 1993 following a report of the Local Government Boundaries Commi ...

History

The community exists on the traditional lands of the

Ngaanyatjarra The Ngaanyatjarra, also known (along with the Pini) as the Nana, are an Indigenous Australian cultural group of Western Australia. They are located in the Goldfields-Esperance region, as well as Northern Territory. Language Ngaanyatjarra is a ...

people, many of whom were transported in the 1960s to Warburton mission. In the 1970s, Ngaanyatjarra people returned to the region from Warburton mission. Since this time the community has steadily grown in size and population.

Native title

The community is located within the determined

Lands (Part A) (WAD6004/04)

native title Aboriginal title is a common law doctrine that the land rights of indigenous peoples to customary tenure persist after the assumption of sovereignty under settler colonialism. The requirements of proof for the recognition of aboriginal title, ...

claim area, determined on 26 June 2005.

Town planning

Papulankutla Layout Plan No. 2 was endorsed in March 2013, with five amendments up to April 2018.PapulankutjaLayout Plan 2: Background Report
(2013, with 5 amendments)
PapulankutjaLayout Plan 2- Living AreaAmendment 5
(2018)

Governance

The community is managed through its incorporated body, Papulankutia Community Incorporated, which is one of several communities managed by the

Ngaanyatjarra Council The Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku is a remote local government area in Western Australia near the Northern Territory/South Australian border. It is from Perth. It was formed on 1 July 1993 following a report of the Local Government Boundaries Commi ...

. The Council is an

Aboriginal corporation A Registered Native Title Body Corporate (RNTBC) is a corporation nominated by a group of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people for the purposes of native title in Australia, to represent their native title rights and interests, once that ...

, incorporated in March 1981, that is the main body overseeing in a large group of Ngaanyatjarra service delivery organisations, some of which are separately incorporated. The Yarnangu Ngaanyatijarraku Parna Aboriginal Corporation was incorporated under the ''Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006'', and acts as the

prescribed body corporate A Registered Native Title Body Corporate (RNTBC) is a corporation nominated by a group of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people for the purposes of native title in Australia, to represent their native title rights and interests, once that ...

for the Ngaanyatjarra native title determination.

Tjukayirla Roadhouse

Tjukayirla Roadhouse, located along the

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, was built and is operated by the Papulankutja Community. The roadhouse takes its name from Tjukayirla

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s nearby.

References

{{reflist Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku Aboriginal communities in Goldfields-Esperance