Parnngurr Community

Parnngurr, also Parnngurr ( Cotton Creek ) or Parnngurr community written, is a town in Western Australia in Australia, which is 280 kilometers from Jigalong and 380 kilometers west of Newman. The Aboriginal settlement located at the end of the Great Sandy Desert a few miles southeast of Cottonwood Creek, a tributary of the Rudall River. The place in the East Pilbara Shire is often not available during the rainy season over the unpaved 380 km long Talawana track.

History

In 1986, the Aboriginal settlement Parnngurr in the newly created Rudall River National Park by the Aborigines of the Martu. This settlement is an expression of Outstation Movement, as many indigenous families from civilization returned to the Outback, to live as traditional hunters and gatherers.

In the 1980s and into the 1990s, a majority of the residents operated on a self catering. Some of the residents also goes today hunting and searching for bush food. They drive with four wheel drive vehicles up to 50 kilometers into the surrounding area as there is no profitable areas more in the immediate area. The local children are instructed by the adults in their inherited culture and customs of self-sufficiency. Depending after 300 to 500 people hold on in the place belonging to the clan of Manyjilyjarra, Warnman and Kartujarra.

2004 lived in the village of 104 people in 28 houses. The village has a shop, a school, hospital, gas station, a community building and Close to the village is a landing strip. Meanwhile, some of the residents working in the mines in the area. Malende Aborigines in place to create a visual triumph and women handicraft items that are offered for sale in Newman. Travelers on the way to Rudall River National Park and the Canning Stock Route Parrngurr visit often.

Native Title

The Martu hold since 2002, one of the largest Native Title in Australia, which extends over an area of ​​136,000 km, which also houses the Telfer gold mine is located and other natural resources are.