Djugerari (also known as ''Cherrabun'') is a small Aboriginal community located within the

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. Djugerari is 110 km by road from

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. Access is via the

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(54 km) and then by the unsealed Cherrabun Road. In the , Djugerari had a total population of 83, including 77 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

History

Djugerari was established as a permanent Aboriginal community in the early 1980s by

Walmajarri The Walmadjari (Walmajarri) people, also known as Tjiwaling and Wanaseka, are an Aboriginal Australian people of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Name The two names reflect different Walmadjari preferences. Their western bands accept ...

people moving from

Cherrabun Cherrabun or Cherrabun Station is a pastoral lease that once operated as a sheep station but presently operates as a cattle station in Western Australia. It is situated about south of the Bayulu Community and about west of Halls Creek in t ...

Pastoral Station where many of the men had previously worked as stockmen. The community became incorporated in 1983. Most of the people from Djugerari are part of the

Walmajarri language Walmajarri (many other names; see below) is a Pama–Nyungan language spoken in the Kimberley region of Western Australia by the Walmadjari and related peoples. Walmajarri is declared a definitely endangered language by UNESCO based on the ...

group from the northern

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region of Western Australia.

Native title

The community is located within the registered area of the Yi-Martuwarra Ngurrara (WAD25/2012)

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claim.

Governance

The community is managed through its incorporated body, Djugerari Aboriginal Corporation, incorporated under the ''Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976'' on 18 January 1983.

Town planning

Djugerari Layout Plan No.1 has been prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. Layout Plan No.1 was endorsed by the community on 20 October 2010, and by the

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on 14 December 2010. The Layout Plan map-set and report can be viewed at Planning Western Australia's web site.Djugerari Layout Plan
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External links

* Planning Western Australia's official site – Djugerari Layout Plan – https://www.dplh.wa.gov.au/information-and-services/state-planning/aboriginal-communities/aboriginal-community-maps/layout-plans

References

{{authority control Towns in Western Australia Aboriginal communities in Kimberley (Western Australia)