Wanarn Community
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| Country | Australia |
| State | Western Australia |
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| Postcode | 6642 |
Wanarn is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku.
In Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters, historian Margo Neale reports that Wanarn was founded due to its importance to the Seven Sisters Dreaming.[1]
Native title
[edit | edit source]The community is located within the determined Ngaanyatjarra Lands (Part A) (WAD6004/04) native title claim area.
Governance
[edit | edit source]The community is managed through its incorporated body, Wanarn (Aboriginal Corporation) (formally Wannan Community (Aboriginal Corporation)), incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 27 June 1989.
Town planning
[edit | edit source]Wanarn 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 1 December 2003 and the Western Australian Planning Commission on 4 May 2004.[2]