Balgo

E911593

Balgo is a remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia known for its rich Indigenous culture and renowned desert art.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Balgo canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal community ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 250 km south of Halls Creek ⓘ
approximately 900 km from Broome by road ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jaru people ⓘ
Kukatja people ⓘ
Pintupi people ⓘ
Walmajarri people ⓘ
Warlpiri people ⓘ
governingBody Wirrimanu Aboriginal Corporation ⓘ
hasAirstrip Balgo airstrip ⓘ
linked to: Jigalong airstrip
hasAlternativeName Wirrimanu ⓘ
hasArtCentre Warlayirti Artists ⓘ
hasClimate arid climate ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance important centre for desert art ⓘ
significant site for multiple desert language groups ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity art sales ⓘ
community services ⓘ
hasFacility Catholic church ⓘ
clinic ⓘ
community store ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguage Jaru ⓘ
linked to: Djaru

Kukatja ⓘ
Pintupi ⓘ
linked to: Pintupi people

Walmajarri ⓘ
Warlpiri ⓘ
linked to: Warlpiri language
hasSchool Luurnpa Catholic School ⓘ
hasTransportConnection unsealed roads ⓘ
knownFor Aboriginal art centre ⓘ
Balgo art movement ⓘ
desert art ⓘ
rich Indigenous culture ⓘ
localGovernmentArea Shire of Halls Creek ⓘ
locatedIn East Kimberley region ⓘ
Great Sandy Desert region ⓘ
linked to: Great Sandy Desert
locatedOn Tanami Road ⓘ
populationGroup Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
Wirrimanu community ⓘ
regionType remote community ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
state Western Australia ⓘ
timeZone Australian Western Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +08:00 ⓘ

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