Kundat Djaru Community
community in Western Australia
Kundat Djaru, also known as Ringer Soak, is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located 170 km south east of Halls Creek in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Halls Creek.
History
The Kundat Djaru community consists of people displaced from the surrounding pastoral leases in 1967. These people were evicted from Gordon Downs Station between 1978 and 1981. The people then camped in Halls Creek and were given State Government assistance to move to Kundat Djaru which was made a permanent reserve in 1982. Population is nomadic but 160 people call Kundat Djaru home.
Native title
The community is located within the determined Tjurabalan People (WAD160/97) native title claim area.
Education
Children of school age at Kundat Djaru attend the Birlirr Ngawiyiwu (Spirit of God) Catholic School. The school is an integral part of life for the Kundat Djaru people with an enrolment of about 27 students from Pre-Kindy to Yr 6. A unique focus for the school is the two way learning of Jaru and English. Teachers and Aboriginal teacher assistants work collaboratively in providing a holistic education which encompasses the key learning areas of the curriculum whilst catering for the remoteness of the Yaruman situation and continuing the language, culture and traditions of the Jaru people.
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