Ngallagunda Community

Ngallagunda is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley.

Ngallagunda Western Australia
Ngallagunda
Coordinates	16.426°0′S 126.43°0′E
Postcode(s)	6743
Elevation	47 m (154 ft)
Location	300 km (186 mi) south west of Kununurra
LGA(s)	Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley
State electorate(s)	Kimberley
Federal division(s)	Durack
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 32.3 °C 90 °F 16.4 °C 62 °F 999.3 mm 39.3 in

Native title

The community is located within the fully determined Wanjina-Wunggurr Wilinggin (WAD6016/96) native title claim area.

Governance

The community is managed through its incorporated body, Ngallagunda Aboriginal Corporation, incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 13 October 1989.

Town planning

Ngallagunda 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 7 July 2010 and the Western Australian Planning Commission on 14 December 2010. The Layout Plan map-set and background report can be viewed at Planning Western Australia's website.^[1]

Climate

The nearby Mount Elizabeth Weather Station is the most northerly place in Australia to record a temperature below freezing. It dropped to -1.3 °C (29.7 °F) on 26 June 1998. This is also the lowest temperature recorded in the Kimberly region.

Climate data for Mount Elizabeth (1973–2013)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	39.4 (102.9)	38.8 (101.8)	37.0 (98.6)	37.0 (98.6)	35.0 (95.0)	32.9 (91.2)	33.6 (92.5)	35.9 (96.6)	38.6 (101.5)	41.5 (106.7)	41.5 (106.7)	40.9 (105.6)	41.5 (106.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	33.0 (91.4)	32.1 (89.8)	32.3 (90.1)	32.5 (90.5)	29.9 (85.8)	28.0 (82.4)	28.5 (83.3)	30.5 (86.9)	34.1 (93.4)	35.9 (96.6)	36.2 (97.2)	34.1 (93.4)	32.3 (90.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.0 (71.6)	21.8 (71.2)	20.4 (68.7)	16.7 (62.1)	12.0 (53.6)	8.8 (47.8)	8.1 (46.6)	9.5 (49.1)	15.0 (59.0)	19.1 (66.4)	21.6 (70.9)	22.3 (72.1)	16.4 (61.5)
Record low °C (°F)	16.5 (61.7)	15.7 (60.3)	12.2 (54.0)	6.9 (44.4)	−0.9 (30.4)	−1.3 (29.7)	−0.1 (31.8)	0.0 (32.0)	2.8 (37.0)	9.0 (48.2)	13.8 (56.8)	12.0 (53.6)	−1.3 (29.7)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	255.7 (10.07)	225.3 (8.87)	165.1 (6.50)	39.6 (1.56)	13.4 (0.53)	12.8 (0.50)	3.1 (0.12)	1.9 (0.07)	8.6 (0.34)	32.5 (1.28)	74.4 (2.93)	166.9 (6.57)	999.3 (39.34)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.2mm)	16.9	15.3	11.6	3.4	1.5	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.1	3.9	8.0	11.6	75
Source: Bureau of Meteorology[2]