# Pia Wadjari Community

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Community in Western Australia

Town in Western Australia, Australia

Pia Wadjari Town Pia Wadjari Coordinates: 27.121°0′S 116.394°0′E / 27.121°S 116.394°E / -27.121; 116.394 Country Australia State Western Australia LGA Shire of Murchison Location 320 km (200 mi) NE of Geraldton 200 km (120 mi) WSW of Cue Government • State electorate North West • Federal division Durack Postcode 6630

**Pia Wadjari** is a medium-sized [Aboriginal community](/source/Aboriginal_communities_in_Western_Australia), located in the [Mid-West](/source/Mid_West_(Western_Australia)) region of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia), within the [Shire of Murchison](/source/Shire_of_Murchison).[1][2]

## Native title

The community is located within the registered [Wajarri](/source/Wajarri_language) [Yamatji](/source/Yamatji) (WAD6033/98) [native title](/source/Native_Title_Act_1993) claim area.

## Education

Children of school age at Pia Wadjari attend the [Pia Wadjarri Remote Community School](/source/List_of_schools_in_rural_Western_Australia). The school caters for students in years K–12 and has an enrolment of up to 20 students.

## Governance

The community is managed through its incorporated body, Pia Wadjari Aboriginal Corporation, incorporated under the *Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976* on 11 September 1986.

## Town planning

Pia Wadjari 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 2 September 2002 and the [Western Australian Planning Commission](/source/Western_Australian_Planning_Commission) on 1 July 2003.[3]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Australian Web Archive"](https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20061119130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/36697/20061120-0000/www.minister.dcita.gov.au/media/media_releases/new_online_access_projects_for_remote_indigenous_communities.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.minister.dcita.gov.au/media/media_releases/new_online_access_projects_for_remote_indigenous_communities.html) on 19 November 2006.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [*Pia Wadjari women doing it for themselves*](http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/192621985), 2002, retrieved 23 February 2015

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** The Layout Plan map-set [\[1\]](https://web.archive.org/web/20200319115254/https://www.dplh.wa.gov.au/information-and-services/state-planning/aboriginal-communities/aboriginal-community-maps/layout-plans)

## External links

- [Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations](http://register.oric.gov.au/document.aspx?concernID=100495)

- [Native title](/source/Native_Title_Act_1993) [Claimant application summary](https://web.archive.org/web/20130506033254/http://www.nntt.gov.au/Applications-And-Determinations/Search-Applications/Pages/Application.aspx?tribunal_file_no=WC04%2F10)

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