Description
Watarru Community is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands in South Australia (one of a number of communities or homelands on "The Lands"; others include Amata, Ernabella/Pukatja, Fregon/Kaltjiti, Indulkana, Kalka and Mimili).
Watarru Community is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands in South Australia (one of a number of communities or homelands on "The Lands"; others include Amata, Ernabella/Pukatja, Fregon/Kaltjiti, Indulkana, Kalka and Mimili).Watarru Community sits at the foot of Mount Lindsay and the community has at times been known as "Mount Lindsay".
History
PY Media website waru.org reports:
The Community began to flourish in the early 1990s, after being established by a small family group of Anangu who had returned from other established Communities.
Weather
Based upon the climate records of the nearest weather station, at Giles across the border and to the northwest in Western Australia, Watarru experiences summer maximum temperatures of an average of 37.2 degrees Celsius in January and a winter maximum average temperature of 19.9 degrees Celsius in July.Overnight lows range from a mean minimum temperature of 23.5 degrees in January to 6.8 degrees in June.
Annual rainfall averages 284.2 millimetres.
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Population: Zero
Time zone: UTC +10:30
Area: 3.7 km2
Elevation: 501-1000 metres
Town elevation: 605 m
Population number: N/A
Local Government Area: Unincorporated SA