Yarrunga Community

Yarrunga is a small Aboriginal community, located 50 km north east of Halls Creek in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Halls Creek.

Yarrunga Western Australia
Yarrunga
Coordinates	17.867°0′S 127.865°0′E
Postcode(s)	6770
Location	50 km (31 mi) north east of Halls Creek
LGA(s)	Shire of Halls Creek
State electorate(s)	Kimberley
Federal division(s)	Durack
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall 33.6 °C 92 °F 20.00 °C 68 °F 557.4 mm 21.9 in

History

The Community was set up in the late 1980s largely as a community to house aged persons away from the Halls Creek townsite.

Governance

The community is managed through its incorporated body, Yarrunga Aboriginal Corporation, incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 15 September 1983.

Town planning

Yarrunga Layout Plan No.1 has been prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. Layout Plan No.1 is yet to be endorsed by the community. As such the Layout Plan exists only as a draft. The DRAFT Layout Plan map-set and background report can be viewed at Planning Western Australia's website.^[1]