National Report on the

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ERNABELLA
Other names : Pukatja Community

BRACS Unit : Pukatja Radio /

EVTV - Ernabella Video Television

BRACS Operators : Simon Tjiyangu (also PY Media Public Officer)

Chairman :

Administrator :

Other : Pantjiti Tjiyangu (PY Media Women’s Officer)

BRACS phone : Pukatja Radio [phone] not connected

Office phone : Community Office [phone]

Office fax : Community Office(08) 8956 2945

Postal Address : Ernabella via ALICE SPRINGS NT 0872
LOCATION : Anangu Pitjantjatjaraku Lands S.A.

ATSIC Region : Port Augusta (Nulla Wimila Kitja Regional Council)

Austmap reference : Zone 53 - Easting 214000 - Northing 7090000

POPULATION : Indig - 164 Non Indig - 37 Total - 201

Anilalya Homelands Indigenous - 157

TRANSPORT : PY Air $140 - Road 450 km from Alice Springs

LANGUAGES : Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara

Broadcast : Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara

BRACS LOCATION : Old Hospital

Building : Trashed, dusty, flooded, sniffer hangout

TRANSMISSION : Good

Television : (2) ABC Ch 66 Imparja/ BRACS Ch 69

Radio : (2) ABC 106.1 MHz 5NPY/ BRACS 102.9 Mhz

Service Licence Nos : TV: 3363 Radio: SL010152

FUNDING : See PY Media until 1996 + Own income 1984 - 96
STUDIO EQUIPMENT : Removed to Umuwa except for Fairlight Computer Video Instrument

WAGES / HOURS : No workers

TRAINING : Simon Tjiyangu BRACS cert graduate ‘95

Previous Operators : Monica Taylor, Panjtiti Tjiyangu, Tjimpuna Williams - All graduates of BRACS cert ‘95.

NEEDED : New building Help !!

FREGON
Other names : Kaltjiti Community

BRACS Unit : Kaltjiti BRACS

BRACS Operators : Witjiti George (PY Media Chairman)

Chairman :

Administrator :

Other : Tjapukula George

BRACS phone : [phone]

Office phone : Community Office [phone]

Office fax: [phone]

Postal Address : Fregon via Alice Springs NT 0872
LOCATION : Anangu Pitjantjatjaraku Lands S.A.

ATSIC Region : Port Augusta (Nulla Wimila Kitja Regional Council)

Austmap reference : Zone 53 - Easting 205000 - Northing 7036000

POPULATION : Indig - 299 Non Indig - 10 Total - 309

TRANSPORT : Road 80 kms from Ernabella

LANGUAGES : Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara

Broadcast : Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara

BRACS LOCATION : Town centre next to school and arts centre

Building : New in 1995 Two rooms

TRANSMISSION : Good

Television : (2) ABC / BRACS Ch 66 Imparja Ch 69

Radio : (2) ABC 106.1 Mhz 5NPY / BRACS 102.9 Mhz

Service Licence Nos : TV: 3364 Radio: SL010153

FUNDING :

	92-93	93-94	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98
Reg. Council	0	0	0	9,500	9,500	0
BRS	0	0	0	0	0	0

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TRAINING :

Previous Operators : Tjapakula George, Witiji George - BRACS cert graduates ‘95. Alec Armstrong, Rhoda Tjitayi - withdrew BRACS cert ‘96.

NEEDED :


IMANPA
Other names : Mt Ebenezer

BRACS Operators :

Chairman :

Administrator :

Other : Jonathon Lett

BRACS phone : none

Office phone : [phone]

Office fax :

Postal Address : Imanpa via ALICE SPRINGS NT 0872
LOCATION : North of S.A. / N.T. border

ATSIC Region : Aputula (Papunya Regional Council)

Austmap reference : Zone 53 - Easting 255000 - Northing 7219000

POPULATION : Indig - 118 Non Indig - 3 Total - 121

TRANSPORT :

LANGUAGES :

Broadcast :

BRACS LOCATION :

Building :

TRANSMISSION : Good

Television : (1) ABC / BRACS Ch 66 Imparja Ch?

Radio : (1) ABC / BRACS 106.1 Mhz CAAMA Ch?

Service Licence Nos : TV: 4097 Radio: SL010119

FUNDING :

	92-93	93-94	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98
Reg. Council	0	0	0	0	0	0
BRS	0	0	0	0	0	0

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INDULKANA
Other names : Iwantja

BRACS Operators :

Chairman :

Administrator :

Other : Andrew Dingaman (CDEP Clerk)

BRACS phone : [phone]

Office phone : [phone]

Office fax : [phone]

Postal Address : Indulkana via Alice Springs NT 0872
LOCATION : Anangu Ptjantjatjaraku Lands S.A.

ATSIC Region : Port Augusta (Nulla Wimila Kitja Regional Council)

Austmap reference : Zone 53 - Easting 333000 - Northing 7016000

POPULATION : Indig - 330 Non Indig - 0 Total - 330

TRANSPORT :

LANGUAGES : Yankunytjatjara / Pitjantjatjara

Broadcast : None at present

BRACS LOCATION : Next to Community Office

Building : New building Two rooms

TRANSMISSION : Good

Television : (2) ABC Ch 66 Imparja / BRACS Ch 63

Radio : (2) ABC 106.1 Mhz 5NPY / BRACS 104.5

Service Licence Nos : TV: 1091 Radio: SL010154

FUNDING :

	92-93	93-94	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98
Reg. Council	0	0	0	9,500	8,000	0
BRS	0	0	0	0	0	0

STUDIO EQUIPMENT : Double audio cassette rec/player, single audio cassette rec/player, 2 x single CD player, VCR, compressor, telephone interface, 2 x mic/booms, radio panel, 14 inch TV, speakers, switcher, mains conditioner.

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MIMILI
BRACS Operators : Yuwi Tjarmi

Chairman :

Administrator :

BRACS phone : [phone]

Office phone : Yuwi Tjarmi [phone]

Office fax : [phone]

Postal Address : Mimili via Alice Springs NT 0872
LOCATION : Anangu Pitjantjatjaraku Lands S. A.

ATSIC Region : Port Augusta (Nulla Wimila Kitja Regional Council)

Austmap reference :

POPULATION : Indig - 243 Non Indig - 21 Total - 264

TRANSPORT : 180 kms from Ernabella

LANGUAGES : Yankunytjatjara

Broadcast : Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara

BRACS LOCATION : Rec hall -now moved to office?

Building:

TRANSMISSION : Good

Television : ABC Ch 60 Imparja/BRACS Ch 56 + 66

Radio : ABC FM 106.1 5NPY/BRACS FM 104.0

Service Licence Nos : TV: Radio:

FUNDING :

	92-93	93-94	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98
Reg. Council	0	0	0	9,500	8,270	0
BRS	0	0	0	0	0	0

STUDIO EQUIPMENT : 2 x CD player, radio panel, 2 x audio cassette rec/player, speakers, mic/boom, compressor/limiter, telephone interface, switcher radio/TV, tuner AM/FM, video mixer, SVHS VCR, 14 inch TV, camera, tripod, VCR controller.

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MUTITJULU
Other names : Nyangatjatjara Council

BRACS Operators : none yet

Chairman :

Administrator : Laurie Gorman

BRACS phone : none

Office phone : [phone]

Office fax : [phone]

Postal Address : Mutitjulu Community via Alice Springs NT 0872
LOCATION : North of S.A. / N.T. Border

ATSIC Region : Aputula (Papunya Regional Council)

Austmap reference :

POPULATION : Indig - 202 Non Indig - 1452 Total - 2088

TRANSPORT :

LANGUAGES : Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara

Broadcast :

BRACS LOCATION : No BRACS yet - retransmission hut at rangerville

Building:

TRANSMISSION : Good

Television :

Radio :

Service Licence Nos : TV: Radio:

FUNDING :

	92-93	93-94	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98
Reg. Council	0	0	0	3,000	0	0
BRS	0	0	0	0	0	0

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PIPALYATJARA
BRACS Operators : Jennifer (Mintayi) Ward, Richard Ward

Chairman :

Administrator :

Other :

BRACS phone : Pip. Media Centre [phone]

Office phone : [phone]

Office fax : [phone]

Postal Address : Pipalyatjara via Alice Springs NT 0872
LOCATION : Anangu Pitjantjatjaraku Lands S.A.

ATSIC Region : Port Augusta (Nulla Wimila Kitja Regional Council)

Austmap reference : Zone 52 - Easting 517000 - Northing 7106000

POPULATION : Indig - 105 Non Indig - 14 Total - 122

TRANSPORT : Road 400 kms from Ernabella

LANGUAGES : Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara

Broadcast : Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara

BRACS LOCATION : Media Centre near school

Building: 4 rooms - good location

TRANSMISSION : Good

Television : (2) Imparja / BRACS Ch 69 ABC Ch 66

Radio : 5NPY /BRACS Ch? ABC Ch?

Service Licence Nos: TV: 2898 Radio:

FUNDING :

	92-93	93-94	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98
Reg. Council	0	0	0	9,500	6,120	0
BRS	0	0	0	0	0	0

STUDIO EQUIPMENT : Panasonic SVHS edit suite Radio console

WAGES / HOURS : CDEP

TRAINING : Jennifer Ward BRACS cert graduate ‘95.

Richard Ward BRACS cert student to graduate in ‘98.

NEEDED :


YALATA
BRACS Operators : Gavin Peel ?

Chairman :

Administrator :

Other : Marvin McKenzie

BRACS phone : [phone]

Office phone :

Office fax :

Postal Address : Yalata via Alice Springs NT 0872
LOCATION : Maralinga Tjarutja Lands S.A.

ATSIC Region : Ceduna (Wangka Wilurrara Regional Council)

Austmap reference : Zone 52 - Easting 769800 - Northing 6513500

POPULATION : Indig - 240 Non Indig - 32 Total - 272

TRANSPORT : Road to Ceduna

LANGUAGES : Pitjantjatjara / Yankunytjatjara

Broadcast : Pitjantjatjara

BRACS LOCATION :

Building:

TRANSMISSION : Good

Television : ABC / BRACS Ch. 69

Radio : ABC / BRACS 105.9

Service Licence Nos : TV: 2898 Radio:

FUNDING:

	92-93	93-94	94-95	95-96	96-97	97-98
Reg. Council	34,800	0	0	0	0	0
BRS	0	0	0	0	0	0

STUDIO EQUIPMENT : SVHS Edit suite ?

WAGES / HOURS :

TRAINING :

NEEDED :

IRRUNYTJU MEDIA REGION

Regional Overview		129
Expenditure		134
Revitalisation Equipment		135
COMMUNITIES:	Irrunytju (Wingellina)		136
	Blackstone (Papulankutja)		138
Coonana		139
Cosmo Newberry		140
Jameson (Mantamaru)		142
Kiwirrkurra		143
Tjirrkarli		144
Tjukurla		145
Tjuntjuntara		146
Wanarn		147
Warakurna		148
Warburton		149

Regional Overview

Communities Included
There were originally only three gazetted BRACS communities in this vast region of Western Australia. At the suggestion of Irrunytju Media worker Noli Roberts, the 1994 NIMAA surveys included ten more communities who had established their own self-help satellite retransmission facilities, even though, apart from Warburton, their populations are less than 200, the criterion for original inclusion in the BRACS scheme. With the approval of the BRACS Working Party, nine of these have been receiving equipment to enable local radio and TV broadcast and production since 1996, following the inclusion of Irrunytju Media in national BRS allocations. The indigenous community in Wiluna were also surveyed, but have not received assistance, and at least two more smaller communities - Kanpa and Karilywara - have since expressed a desire for BRACS facilities but could not be accommodated in the BRS budget. The Leonora Laverton Regional Development Association are also applying to ATSIC for funds to establish a mobile community TV station to service Laverton, Leonora and surrounding communities with a few hours of local programming in each town for a couple of nights a week.
Geographical Scope
The region includes the whole of the Ngaanyatjarra Lands and spans 750 km west from Irrunytju, near the S.A. border, through Warburton to Cosmo Newberry, and more than 1,000 km north-south, from Kiwirrkurra, out west of Kintore, down to Tjuntjuntjara in the Great Victoria Desert and across to Coonana on the railway line east of Kalgoorlie.
Social History
Populations are generally small and most do not speak English as a first language. European contact has been relatively recent and dominated by mineral prospectors, the United Aborigines Mission at Warburton, and government officers. All communities have CDEP programmes and are funded through the Kalgoorlie ATSIC Regional Office, but are also, except Coonana and Tjuntjuntjara, participatory members of the Ngaanyatjara Council which gives them a political voice, especially on Native Title issues, and which provides health, housing, legal, accounting and transport services from Alice Springs.