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Wiluna

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Wiluna sits 950 kilometres north east of Perth and 534 km north of Perth in the traditional lands of the Martu people in central Western Australia.

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Wiluna sits 950 kilometres north east of Perth and 534 km north of Perth in the traditional lands of the Martu people in central Western Australia.

For more information, see: 

 

Traditional owners

Martu people

On 29 July 2013 the Wiluna, Wiluna #3 and Tarlpa native title determinations recognised the Martu people as the traditional owners of approximately 50,000 square kilometres around Wiluna.

Languages

Martuwangka

Population

535

26.3% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ABS 2021 Census)

Stories from Wiluna

A group of men dressed in casual outdoor wear stand shoulder-to-shoulder on stony and ochre coloured soil. Behind them are two vehicles and in the background is a claypan and blue sky.

Bringing Culture back to men on Matuwa Kurrara Kurrara IPA

21 September 2021

The return to Country of Martu people from the community of Wiluna in WA helps in knowledge sharing and connecting the community to their heritage.
Five Indigenous men in front of a water tank

Indigenous Protected Areas – the ‘backbone’ for long term job creation

15 December 2015

Indigenous Protected Areas, the ‘backbone’ for long term job creation in the remote Western Desert.