Mandangala Community

Community in Western Australia

16.544°0′S 128.357°0′E / 16.544°S 128.357°E / -16.544; 128.357Population72 (2020)Postcode(s)6743Elevation47 m (154 ft)Location130 km (81 mi) south west of KununurraLGA(s)Shire of Wyndham-East KimberleyState electorate(s)KimberleyFederal division(s)Durack
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
35.0 °C
95 °F		 21.6 °C
71 °F		 790.7 mm
31.1 in

Mandangala is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley. The local Aboriginal languages of the community are Miriwoong and Kija; most people in the community speak those languages.

Governance

The community is managed through its incorporated body, Mandangala Aboriginal Corporation, incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 10 September 1986.

Town planning

Mandangala Layout Plan No.1 has been prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. Layout Plan No.1 was endorsed by the Western Australian Planning Commission on 1 June 2001.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Layout plans". Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  • Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations