Wanarn Community

Wanarn is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku.
In Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters, historian Margo Neale reports that Wanarn was founded due to its importance to the Seven [Sisters |Seven Sisters Dreaming].

Native title

The community is located within the determined Ngaanyatjarra Lands native title claim area.

Governance

The community is managed through its incorporated body, Wanarn , incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 27 June 1989.

Town planning

Wanarn 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 1 December 2003 and the Western Australian [Planning Commission] on 4 May 2004.