WAṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, also known as APY, APY Lands or the Lands, is a large, sparsely-populated local government area (LGA) for Aboriginal people, located in the remote north west of South Australia. Some of the aṉangu (people) of the Western Desert cultural bloc, in particular Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra peoples, inhabit the Lands.
WAmata Airport is a sealed airstrip servicing the town of Amata in the APY Lands of northern South Australia.
WAnungu schools is a group of ten schools operated by the Government of South Australia which are located in the west of the Australian state of South Australia in the Aboriginal lands of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, Maralinga Tjarutja and Yalata and which offer primary and secondary schooling to a local body of students who are largely Indigenous.
WAmata, formerly known as Musgrave Park, is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia, comprising one of the six main communities on "The Lands".
WThe Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981 grants certain land and other rights to the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara in South Australia. It began its life as the Pitjantjatjara Land Rights Act and commenced operation on 2 October 1981. Its long name title is "An Act to provide for the vesting of title to certain lands in the people known as Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara; and for other purposes". The Act has since had several amendments, the latest in 2017.
WAustralian Securities and Investments Commission v Kobelt is a decision of the High Court of Australia. It was an appeal brought by ASIC against a Mr Kobelt, seeking to overturn a unanimous decision of the Full Federal Court. The court had found that while Mr Kobelt had contravened s29(1) of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (Cth) ; he did not engage in 'unconscionable conduct in connection with financial services' in contravention with s12CB(1) of the ASIC Act.
WChandler, in the far north-west corner of the state of South Australia, is a rail siding on the Adelaide-Darwin rail corridor. It is about 56 kilometres (35 mi) north of the town of Marla near the junction of the Stuart Highway and the entry to the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Aboriginal lands.
WAnungu schools is a group of ten schools operated by the Government of South Australia which are located in the west of the Australian state of South Australia in the Aboriginal lands of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, Maralinga Tjarutja and Yalata and which offer primary and secondary schooling to a local body of students who are largely Indigenous.
WAnungu schools is a group of ten schools operated by the Government of South Australia which are located in the west of the Australian state of South Australia in the Aboriginal lands of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, Maralinga Tjarutja and Yalata and which offer primary and secondary schooling to a local body of students who are largely Indigenous.
WGranite Downs was a 9,000-square-kilometre (3,475 sq mi) cattle station in arid northern South Australia.
WIndulkana is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia, comprising one of the six main communities on "The Lands". At the 2016 Australian census, Indulkana had a population of 256.
WAnungu schools is a group of ten schools operated by the Government of South Australia which are located in the west of the Australian state of South Australia in the Aboriginal lands of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, Maralinga Tjarutja and Yalata and which offer primary and secondary schooling to a local body of students who are largely Indigenous.
WThe Indulkana Range is a range of hills in the northwest of South Australia. It is sometimes called the Mount Chandler Range after its highest peak. It is located to the southwest of Indulkana, on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands. The mountains of the Indulkana area are part of the traditional country of the Yankunytjatjara and Antakarinya.
WIwantja is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara in South Australia.
WKaḻayapiṯi is a rock hole in the Birksgate Range in northwestern South Australia. It is an important location in the early history of the Pitjantjatjara people. The name comes from the words kaḻaya (emu) and piṯi. It is a major sacred site for the Kaḻaya Tjukurpa, and has been used for ceremonies by the Pitjantjatjara since long before colonisation of Australia.
WKalka is a small Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia administered under the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights Act 1981.
WKaltjiti, formerly and also still known as Fregon, is an Aboriginal community in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara in South Australia, comprising one of the six main communities on "The Lands".
WKaṉpi is an Aboriginal community in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia. It is located about 20 km (12 mi) south of the Northern Territory border at the base of the Mann Ranges. The nearby town of Nyapari is 15 km (9.3 mi) to the east.
WMount Kintore is an inselberg in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in the state's northwest. It is about 1,066 metres (3,497 ft) above sea level.
WKunytjanu is an Aboriginal community and waterhole in northwestern South Australia. It is serviced from the community of Pipalyatjara to the north. It is located on the road between Pipalyatjara and Watarru. It was established as an outstation in 1975, along with Iltur, Walytjatjata, Kunamata and several others that used Pipalyatjara as a base. It received a grant for development from the government in 1978.
WMakiri is a location in the northwest of South Australia, where a rock hole and an Aboriginal outstation are located. It is in the Great Victoria Desert, between Kaltjiti and Watarru. It is an important sacred site for the tjala Dreaming, a women's law of the local Aboriginal people. Much of the site was desecrated by a surveying team in 1969. It was officially declared a Prohibited Area by the South Australian government in 1973, as an "important Aboriginal mythological and cultural site".
WMamungkukumpurangkuntjunya Hill is a hill in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands about 110 kilometres (68 mi) west of the town of Marla and about 21 kilometres (13 mi) south-west of the settlement of Mimili.
WAnungu schools is a group of ten schools operated by the Government of South Australia which are located in the west of the Australian state of South Australia in the Aboriginal lands of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, Maralinga Tjarutja and Yalata and which offer primary and secondary schooling to a local body of students who are largely Indigenous.
WMimili is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia, comprising one of the six main communities on "The Lands". At the 2016 Australian census, Mimili had a population of 243.
WMintabie is an opal mining community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara in South Australia. It was unique in comparison to other communities situated in the APY Lands, in that its residents were largely not of Aboriginal Australian origin, and the land had been leased to the Government of South Australia for opal mining purposes since the 1980s.
WMount Davies, is a mountain in the Tomkinson Ranges in the north-west corner of South Australia, with an altitude of about 1,039 metres (3,409 ft) above sea level.
WAnungu schools is a group of ten schools operated by the Government of South Australia which are located in the west of the Australian state of South Australia in the Aboriginal lands of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, Maralinga Tjarutja and Yalata and which offer primary and secondary schooling to a local body of students who are largely Indigenous.
WMurputja is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara in South Australia.
WMusgrave Ranges is a mountain range in Central Australia, straddling the boundary of South Australia and the Northern Territory, extending into Western Australia. It is between the Great Victoria Desert to the south and the Gibson Desert to the north. They have a length of 210 kilometres (130 mi) and many peaks that have a height of more than 1,100 metres (3,600 ft), the highest being Mount Woodroffe at 1,435 metres (4,708 ft).
WNyapaṟi is an Aboriginal community in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia. It is located about 20 km (12 mi) south of the Northern Territory border at the base of the Mann Ranges. The nearby community of Kanpi is 15 km (9.3 mi) to the west.
WAnungu schools is a group of ten schools operated by the Government of South Australia which are located in the west of the Australian state of South Australia in the Aboriginal lands of Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, Maralinga Tjarutja and Yalata and which offer primary and secondary schooling to a local body of students who are largely Indigenous.
WPipalyatjara, formerly known as Mount Davies, is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia, comprising one of the six main communities on "The Lands". At the 2016 Census, Pipalyatjara had a population of 189. The residents are mainly Anangu who speak Pitjantjatjara as their first language.
WPukatja is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia, comprising one of the six main communities on "The Lands".
WThe Tomkinson Ranges is a mountain range in the northwest corner of South Australia. The range consists of sandstone hills, surrounded by spinifex grasslands. The range was named after politician Samuel Tomkinson (1816–1900) by the explorer William Gosse in the early 1870s. Ernest Giles and his team reached the ranges shortly after, and established a base from which to explore the Gibson and Great Victoria Deserts. Numerous prospecting expeditions were made through the region until the 1930s.
WUmuwa is an Aboriginal community in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara in South Australia, serving as an administrative centre for the six main communities on "The Lands", as well as the outlying communities.
WWatarru Community is an Aboriginal community in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) lands in South Australia. Watarru Community sits at the foot of Mount Lindsay and the community has at times been known as "Mount Lindsay".
WThe Watarru Indigenous Protected Area is an Indigenous Protected Area in the north west corner of South Australia. It covers an area of 13,925 square kilometres in the Great Victoria Desert. It is the traditional land of the Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra and Yankunytjatjara peoples.
WMount Woodroffe is a mountain in the Australian state of South Australia, located in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands in the state's northwest. It is South Australia's highest peak, at 1,435 metres (4,708 ft).
WYunyarinyi is an Aboriginal homeland on the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands in South Australia. It is located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) south of the border with the Northern Territory, 320 km (200 mi) south of Alice Springs.