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Community Staffing
Our Community Staff have an important role in protecting our interests - They include:
CEO - Chris Clare
Warmun Community
Turkey Creek - Kimberley Region - Western Australia
Situated on The Great Northern Highway, 195km South of Kununurra, 858km East of Broome and 3,020km North East of Perth, Warmun (Turkey Creek) is one of the East Kimberley Regions’ largest Indigenous communities with a population often exceeding 400. Turkey Creek was established as a police station and government rations depot and a service point for the telegraph line from Wyndham to Derby.
The community is one of the principal access points to the beautiful Purnululu National Park and the famous Bungle Bungle Ranges.
Warmun is the settlement for families of the Gija language group of the East Kimberley who resettled into a reserve area along Turkey Creek around 1975. The main languages spoken are Gija, English and East Kimberley Kriol.
Commitment to language and culture are maintained through the Daiwul Gidja Culture Centre, Mirrilingki Adult Spirituality Centre and the Warmun Arts Centre.
Warmun came into existence in 1975 when Gija people living and working on the pastoral stations in the area were pushed off the stations due to the introduction of award wages. Pastoralists at the time said this made it unprofitable for them to continue to maintain Gija people on the stations. Warmun Community has approximately 60 houses, an oval, airstrip, recreation centre, gym, basketball courts, administration office, mechanical workshop, community centre, child care centre, clinic and the Ngalangangpum School which caters for students from pre-primary to Year 10.
Through Canila Pty Ltd, the community also owns the Turkey Creek Roadhouse, Motel Units, a Caravan Park and Camp Ground as well as our Wungkul Community Store.
The climate of the East Kimberley region is classified as dry monsoonal and is characterised by hot wet summers from November to March (the wet season), and warm dry winters from April to October (the dry season). The actual start and finish of these two contrasting seasons vary from year to year.
Average daily maximum temperatures during the dry season range from 29°in July to 38° in October. Temperatures remain high at night, but frosts can occur at dawn during the cooler months of June, July and August. Little rain falls during this period and the humidity is relatively low.
From October onwards the temperature rises, humidity increases and thunderstorms become common, making conditions less comfortable for most visitors.
During the wet season, the daily maximum temperature reaches and at times exceeds 40°.
Most of the annual rainfall of 500 to 740mm occurs between December and March. Heavy rains flood creeks, turn soils to mud and make tracks impassable.
Other Warmun Services
Warmun Roadhouse
The Warmun Roadhouse is 1km from the community & offers fuels, oils, take-away and sit down meals as well as groceries.
Warmun Caravan Park
Located at the Roadhouse is a selection of accommodation options including motel units, dongas and caravan sites.
Warmun Arts Centre
Warmuns Indigenous Artists are world renowned for their quality, culturally focused paintings.
Questions & Answers
Where can we book tours?
Warmun Roadhouse, 1km up the highway has an office for Heliworks & East Kimberley Tours. More…
Can we visit Warmun Community?
Warmun is a closed community and visitors must seek a permit to visit. A verbal permit to visit the Arts Centre can be approved by contacting 08.91687946... More…