Papulankutja
{{Short description|Community in Western Australia}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}
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Papulankutja (also referred to as Blackstone) is a large Aboriginal community located in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku.
History
The community exists on the traditional lands of the Ngaanyatjarra people, many of whom were transported in the 1960s to Warburton mission. In the 1970s, Ngaanyatjarra people returned to the region from Warburton mission. Since this time the community has steadily grown in size and population.
= Native title =
The community is located within the determined Ngaanyatjarra Lands (Part A) (WAD6004/04) native title claim area, determined on 26 June 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.nntt.gov.au/Applications-And-Determinations/Search-Determinations/Pages/Ngaanyatjarra_Lands_WC043.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026095756/http://www.nntt.gov.au/Applications-And-Determinations/Search-Determinations/Pages/Ngaanyatjarra_Lands_WC043.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-10-26 |title=Native title determination summary – Ngaanyatjarra Lands (Part A)|others= (Native Title Claimant application summary|date= 2005}}
Town planning
Papulankutla Layout Plan No. 2 was endorsed in March 2013, with five amendments up to April 2018.{{cite web | title=Layout plans | website=Department of Planning Lands Heritage | url=https://www.dplh.wa.gov.au/information-and-services/state-planning/aboriginal-communities/aboriginal-community-maps/layout-plans | access-date=15 April 2020}} [https://www.dplh.wa.gov.au/getmedia/8abe6350-34c5-4e6a-8ef5-74cd7f20cf68/LOP_Papulankutja_LP2_Amendment_5_Report PapulankutjaLayout Plan 2: Background Report] (2013, with 5 amendments); [https://www.dplh.wa.gov.au/getmedia/58c3901f-fa63-4428-aac5-07f7708540c7/LOP_Papulankutja_LP2_Amendment_5_map-set PapulankutjaLayout Plan 2- Living AreaAmendment 5] (2018)
Governance
The community is managed through its incorporated body, Papulankutia Community Incorporated, which is one of several communities managed by the Ngaanyatjarra Council.{{cite web | website=Ngaanyatjarra Council | title=Our Communities | url=https://www.ngaanyatjarra.org.au/map | language=id | access-date=23 July 2022}} The Council is an Aboriginal corporation, incorporated in March 1981, that is the main body overseeing in a large group of Ngaanyatjarra service delivery organisations, some of which are separately incorporated.{{cite web | website=Ngaanyatjarra Council | title=Ngaanyatjarra Council | url=https://www.ngaanyatjarra.org.au/map | access-date=23 July 2022}}
The Yarnangu Ngaanyatijarraku Parna Aboriginal Corporation was incorporated under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006, and acts as the prescribed body corporate for the Ngaanyatjarra native title determination.{{cite web | title=Yarnangu Ngaanyatjarraku Parna (Aboriginal Corporation) RNTBC | website=PBC | url=https://nativetitle.org.au/find/pbc/4527 | access-date=23 July 2022}}
Tjukayirla Roadhouse
Tjukayirla Roadhouse, located {{cvt|450|km}} along the Great Central Road, was built and is operated by the Papulankutja Community. The roadhouse takes its name from Tjukayirla Rockholes nearby.{{cite web | title=Local attractions | website=Tjukayirla Roadhouse | url=https://tjukayirlaroadhouse.com.au/attractions.php | access-date=23 July 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://ngaanyatjarraku.wa.gov.au/index.php/tourist-information/roadhouses-and-camping/tjukayirla-roadhouse |title=Tjukayirla Roadhouse |publisher=Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku | access-date=23 July 2022 }}