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Patjarr, or Karilywara, is a small Pintupi Aboriginal community, located near the Clutterbuck Hills between Lake Cobb and Lake Newell, 243 kilometres by road north west of Warburton[3] in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia.
Key Information
Demographics
[edit]In 2021, the population of Patjarr was 39.[4] In 2006, 84% of residents identified themselves as being of Indigenous descent.[5] Most of Patjarr's Aboriginal residents are Pintupi-speaking people.[6]
In 2021, the average number of people per household was 4.9 and the median weekly household income was $725.[7]
History
[edit]The Pintupi began returning to their homelands near Patjarr in 1979 with a view to setting up a permanent outstation.[8] While the community's governing body, Patjarr Aboriginal Corporation, was incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 28 April 1980,[9] it was not until 1993 that the community and its surrounds were excised from the Gibson Desert Nature Reserve and leased to the traditional owners by the Aboriginal Lands Trust.[8] 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.[10]
Town planning
[edit]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.[3]
Notable people
[edit]Pulpurru Davies lives and paints in Patjarr.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Patjarr Community (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Patjarr Community (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ a b Planning Western Australia. "Patjarr (Karilywarra)". Archived from the original on 19 March 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
- ^ "2021 Patjarr, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Patjarr (Indigenous Location)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ "Patjarr | Karilwara". Ngaanyatjarra Council Group. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ "2021 Patjarr, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ a b Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku. "Patjarr (Karliywara)". Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations. "Documents for Patjarr Aboriginal Corporation". Retrieved 26 July 2012.
- ^ 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.
