7-506: Burringurrah (also referred to as Mt Augustus ) is a medium-sized Aboriginal community , located in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia , within the Shire of Upper Gascoyne . In the 2011 census , Burringurrah had a total population of 117, including 102 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The inselberg also once known as Mount Augustus is situated nearby. The community
14-485: Is situated on a 45,000-hectare (110,000-acre) reserve that was excised from the Mount James pastoral lease . It was incorporated in 1999. The community store had to close in 2011 saying that the transient population made the business non-viable. The remote CMS had taken over the store in 2009 and had kept it running until 2011 despite closing for a short while from seasonal flooding . The 2011 floods had isolated
21-468: The areas, or relocated under various Government acts. The Aboriginal Communities Act 1979 allowed Aboriginal councils to make and enforce by-laws on their land. Originally it only applied to the Bidyadanga and Bardi communities, but was subsequently extended to others. In the 1980s and 1990s, effort was made to support indigenous communities. In 2014 and 2015 the support of some of
28-460: The communities comprise families with continuous links to country that extend before the European settlement of Australia . The governments of Australia and Western Australia have supported and funded these communities in a number of ways for over 40 years; prior to that Indigenous people were non citizens with no rights, forced to work for sustenance on stations as European settlers divided up
35-472: The communities was questioned in Western Australian and Australian political discussions. In 2015 rallies were held across Australia and the world to protest the withdrawal of government support of the communities. A group of Aboriginal protesters set up a camp on Heirisson Island , as "... a place of retreat for all Aboriginal persons who have been and will be forcibly removed by
42-722: The community for a few weeks and it was not until nearly a year later, in early 2012, that all basic services were returned to the town. The community is located within the registered area of the Wajarri Yamatji (WAD6033/98) native title claim. The community is managed through its incorporated body, Burringurrah Community (Aboriginal Corporation), incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 9 September 1987. Burringurrah Layout Plan No.2 has been prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. Layout Plan No.2
49-663: Was endorsed by the community on 16 February 1999 and the Western Australian Planning Commission WAPC on 21 October 2003. The Layout Plan map-set and background report can be viewed at Planning Western Australia's website. Aboriginal communities in Western Australia Aboriginal communities in Western Australia are communities for Aboriginal Australians within their ancestral country ;
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