Ngurrara
The Ngurrara and Ngururrpa are overlapping groupings of Aboriginal Australian peoples of the Great Sandy Desert, in the central Pilbara and southern Kimberley regions of Western Australia. Both groups are represented by various Aboriginal corporations which look after their native title interests.
Name
The ethnonym Ngurrara signifies "home". Ngururrpa means "our country in the middle".Country and people
The word Ngurrara refers to their native country, properly called Mawurritjiyi, the word for the Tanami Desert.The Ngurrara comprise the Walmajarri, Wangkatjunga, Mangala and Juwaliny language groups.
Peoples of the Walmajarri, Wangkatjunga, Ngarti and Kukatja language groups have called their country Ngururrpa.
Native title
Ngurrara
In Kogolo v Western Australia the Ngurrara won recognition of their native title rights to. They presented their case by drawing a large painting of their land, Ngurrara, inscribed with figures from their mythological history associated with various points. Their land is under the custodianship of the Yanunijarra Aboriginal Corporation.There are several other native title claims under the Ngurrara name, some overlapping or shared with other groups, such as the Martu people.
Helicopter Tjungarrayi and Ors on behalf of the Ngurra Kayanta People v The State of Western Australia and Bobby West & Anor v State of Western Australia, jointly known as the Ngurra Kayanta claim, was determined in 2016/7, granting native title over an area of in the Great Sandy Desert north of Karratha. Ngurra Kayanta RNTBC is the trustee for this land.