Ngallagunda Community
| Ngallagunda Western Australia | |||||||||
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  Ngallagunda | |||||||||
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| Coordinates | 16.426°0′S 126.43°0′E / 16.426°S 126.430°E | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 6743 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 47 m (154 ft) | ||||||||
| Location | 300 km (186 mi) south west of Kununurra | ||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kimberley | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Durack | ||||||||
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Ngallagunda is a medium-sized Aboriginal community, located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, within the Shire of Wyndham-East Kimberley.
Native title
[edit]The community is located within the fully determined Wanjina-Wunggurr Wilinggin (WAD6016/96) native title claim area.
Governance
[edit]The community is managed through its incorporated body, Ngallagunda Aboriginal Corporation, incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 13 October 1989.
Town planning
[edit]Ngallagunda Layout Plan No.2 has been prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. Layout Plan No.2 was endorsed by the community on 7 July 2010 and the Western Australian Planning Commission on 14 December 2010. The Layout Plan map-set and background report can be viewed at Planning Western Australia's website.[1]
Climate
[edit]The nearby Mount Elizabeth Weather Station is the most northerly place in Australia to record a temperature below freezing. It dropped to -1.3 °C (29.7 °F) on 26 June 1998. This is also the lowest temperature recorded in the Kimberly region.
| Climate data for Mount Elizabeth (1973–2013) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 39.4 (102.9) |
38.8 (101.8) |
37.0 (98.6) |
37.0 (98.6) |
35.0 (95.0) |
32.9 (91.2) |
33.6 (92.5) |
35.9 (96.6) |
38.6 (101.5) |
41.5 (106.7) |
41.5 (106.7) |
40.9 (105.6) |
41.5 (106.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 33.0 (91.4) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.3 (90.1) |
32.5 (90.5) |
29.9 (85.8) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.5 (83.3) |
30.5 (86.9) |
34.1 (93.4) |
35.9 (96.6) |
36.2 (97.2) |
34.1 (93.4) |
32.3 (90.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.0 (71.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
20.4 (68.7) |
16.7 (62.1) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
15.0 (59.0) |
19.1 (66.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
16.4 (61.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 16.5 (61.7) |
15.7 (60.3) |
12.2 (54.0) |
6.9 (44.4) |
−0.9 (30.4) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−0.1 (31.8) |
0.0 (32.0) |
2.8 (37.0) |
9.0 (48.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
12.0 (53.6) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 255.7 (10.07) |
225.3 (8.87) |
165.1 (6.50) |
39.6 (1.56) |
13.4 (0.53) |
12.8 (0.50) |
3.1 (0.12) |
1.9 (0.07) |
8.6 (0.34) |
32.5 (1.28) |
74.4 (2.93) |
166.9 (6.57) |
999.3 (39.34) |
| Average rainy days (≥ 0.2mm) | 16.9 | 15.3 | 11.6 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 8.0 | 11.6 | 75 |
| Source: Bureau of Meteorology[2] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Layout plans". Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "MOUNT ELIZABETH". Climate statistics for Australian locations. Bureau of Meteorology. March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.