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Punmu

Community profile

Punmu is located 640 km south east of Port Hedland in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia and is one of the most remote Aboriginal communities in Australia.

For more infromation, see Punmu Community.

Punmu is located 640 km south east of Port Hedland in the Pilbara Region of Western Australia and is one of the most remote Aboriginal communities in Australia.

For more infromation, see Punmu Community.

Traditional owners

Martu

Languages

Manyjiljarra

Population

126

87.3% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ABS 2021 Census)

Stories from Punmu

A long and very wide black pipe snakes from a stand downward to a pool. On the stand are several people and at the pool are a few more. In the background is red soil, trees and buildings.

Cooling off with a Big Splash

11 June 2020

There is nothing like a slide into a cool pool when the remote community of Punmu, WA heats up in summer.
Aboriginal child on a cable suspended over brown soil. In the background is bare soil and some trees.

What’s the latest at the Punmu Activity Hub?

04 November 2019

The Punmu Activity Hub is a great place for kids to spend their spare time.
Several Aboriginal children play on a concrete slab under sun shade amongst various water features. On the left is a small train with carriages made from barrels and on the right is a building. In the distance is open ground, more structures and bushland

Cooling down in the Western Desert

27 July 2018

After much ingenuity and work, the remote community of Punmu, WA have turned a bare concrete slab into a water playground, just the thing to beat the heat in the Western Desert.
Young Aboriginal children sit in and stand next to a series of barrels mounted on wheels.

Going to school by barrel train

13 February 2018

The tiny remote community of Punmu in Western Australia has increased school attendance by taking students to and from school in a train; a barrel train.