Yalata, South Australia
- 31.480555555556131.84166666667Koordinaten: 31 ° 29 ' S, 131 ° 51' O The Yalata community is a Local Government Area ( LGA) in the Australian state of South Australia and has the special status of an Aboriginal Council. According to the official 2006 census Yalata had just 100 permanent residents, since the Aborigines but often change their place of residence, living there at times up to 300 people.
History
In the 30s a mission station was established in Ooldea of the United Aborigines Mission ( UAM ), which was closed due to the unfavorable situation and problems within the UAM in June 1952. Earlier, the state government had already further south, acquired 30 km from the coast at the edge of the Nullarbor Plain an area for relocation. In 1952 there built by the UAM a new mission, which was acquired in July 1954 by the Lutheran Church and known as Yalata Lutheran Mission.
In the early 50s in the northwest of South Australia at Emu and Maralinga in the field of Aboriginal people by the British military nuclear testing should be performed, many indigenous people were forcibly relocated after Yalata. Several hundred members of the Southern Pitjantjatjara lived outside of their original tribal areas.
As in the 70s began the movement to self-government of Aboriginal communities, was founded in 1975, the Yalata Community Incorporated, a Council of seven council members, who took care of public functions such as supply, land and building administration, culture and social institutions. This means that the mission was disbanded, although the Lutherans still remained active in Yalata. From the Aboriginal Lands Trust, founded in 1966, the community was asked a 4516 km ² large piece of land for a symbolic rent available. It extends from the north end of the Great Australian Bight ( Head of Bight ) west of Yalata to the north of Coorabie in the southeast of the settlement.
Early 80s the original areas of origin of the Pitjantjatjara were further released north again and when they were returned to the Maralinga Tjarutja Lands Right Act 1984 to Aboriginal people, left about 200 Aboriginal Yalata and went back there.
Management
1994 Yalata was finally referred to the South Australian Local Government Grants Act to one of five Local Government Areas with special status and thus was also involved in the financing system of local self-government of the state. However, this self-management was organized by the communities according to their own rules with regard to traditions and not very effective. 2001 therefore began in Nepabunna an organizational reform, the problems followed by a review of the situation in Yalata on site in 2004. In addition to a controlled and verifiable management of the Councils also a change in the composition of the Council was brought about. The seven major families based Yalata Aboriginal select two representatives each in the 14 - member council.
Infrastructure
Yalata has a water supply that consists of a borehole and a desalination plant. In the resort there are a Lutheran Church (Good Shepherd Lutheran Church ), a health center, a public school for children up to 16 years as well as a workshop and a shop.
Indigenous Protected Area
On 1 October 1994, the Yalata country was transformed into a Indigenous Protected Area (IPA ), a protected area administered by the Native, which serves not only the conservation of nature, but also the culture of the Aborigines. After Nantawarrina it was the second IPA in South Australia and the fourth in the whole of Australia. In addition to numerous measures to restore and maintain the natural, the Community shall, in its territory, especially for the regulation of tourism. From May to October whales come into the Great Australian Bight to mate and give birth to their offspring. The Head of Bight is an ideal area for whale watching. There are several campsites along the coast with angling opportunities. In the limestone plateau below the Nullarbor Plain there is an extensive, partly located under water caves. The Yalata IPA consists mainly of extensive eucalyptus areas between the coastal cliffs in the south and the Illcumba - sand dunes in the northwest. The visit of the site requires a paid permit ( Permit) by the IPA management.