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Kunawarritji

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Kunawarritji is an Aboriginal community in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and located on the Canning Stock Route at Well 33.

Kunawarritji is an Aboriginal community in the Pilbara region of Western Australia and located on the Canning Stock Route at Well 33.

Population

83

90.3% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ABS 2021 Census)

Stories from Kunawarritji

A pale painting incorporating white, blue, ochre and red wispy brush strokes running predominantly from top left to bottom right.

Bugai Whyoulter – Telstra General Painting Award

17 November 2021

Bugai Whyoulter from Kunawarritji in Western Australia is the 2021 Telstra General Painting Award winner.