{{Short description|Community in Western Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Bayulu | state = wa | coordinates = {{coord|18.294|S|125.600|E|display=inline,title}} | relief = yes | image = | caption = | pop = 320 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2011}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name=Census2011Y /> | est = | postcode = 6765 | elevation = 114 | dist1 = 10 | dir1 = south | location1 = Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia | lga = Shire of Derby-West Kimberley | stategov = Kimberley | fedgov = Durack | maxtemp = 35.6 | mintemp = 19.1 | rainfall = 541.2 }}
'''Bayulu''' is a large Aboriginal community located 10 km south of Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Derby–West Kimberley. At the 2011 census, Bayulu had a population of 320.<ref name=Census2011Y>{{Census 2011 AUS|id=UCL522003|name=Bayulu (L) (Urban Centre/Locality) |accessdate=11 July 2015|quick=on}}</ref>
== History ==
Bayulu was originally established as part of Gogo Station but was relocated to its current position in 1987.
== Native title ==
The community is located within the registered Gooniyandi Combined 2 (Federal Court file nos. WAD6008/2000) native title claim area.
== Education ==
Children of school age at Bayulu attend Bayulu Community School. The school is located on Gogo Station. It caters for 125 children from K-7, all of whom are Aboriginal. Their first language is Kriol with some Gooniyandi and Walmajarri being spoken. Australian English is the children's second language.
== Governance ==
The community is managed through its incorporated body, Bayulu Community Incorporated, incorporated under the ''Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976'' on 5 November 1975.
== Town planning ==
Bayulu 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 community on 30 March 2011 and the Western Australian Planning Commission on 14 May 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dplh.wa.gov.au/information-and-services/state-planning/aboriginal-communities/aboriginal-community-maps/layout-plans|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319115254/https://www.dplh.wa.gov.au/information-and-services/state-planning/aboriginal-communities/aboriginal-community-maps/layout-plans|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 March 2020|title=Layout plans|publisher=Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage|date=2020-02-20|access-date=2021-02-10}}</ref>
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== External links == * [http://www.nntt.gov.au/searchRegApps/NativeTitleRegisters/Pages/NNTR_details.aspx?NNTT_Fileno=WCD2013/003 National Native Title Register Details]
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Category:Towns in Western Australia Category:Aboriginal communities in Kimberley (Western Australia)