Cundeelee, Western Australia

Cundeelee Western Australia
Cundeelee
Population:	102 (2006 Census)[1]
Postcode:	6434
Elevation:	573 m (1,880 ft)
Location:	785 km (488 mi) East of Perth 246 km (153 mi) South of Laverton
LGA:	City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
State District:	Kalgoorlie
Federal Division:	O'Connor

Coordinates: 30°04′S 123°20′E / 30.06°S 123.34°E / -30.06; 123.34

Cundeelee is a small Indigenous Australian community in Western Australia located 785 kilometres (488 mi) east of Perth and 160 kilometres (99 mi) East of Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Cundeelee had a population of 102.^[1]

A ration depot had been established in the area in 1939 followed by an Australian Aboriginal Evangelical Mission being set up in 1950.^[2] By 1852, the mission had attracted 130 people from the surrounding desert.

When surveyed in 1971 the community had 47 children at the mission school, Grants awarded in 1973 to 1975 allowed the mission to construct toilets, ablution blocks and a dam.^[3]

The community became incorporated in 1976 and took over the management of the town in 1978. At this time the community consisted of 50 people of European descent and 250 Indigenous Australians. Cundeelee was closed in the 1980s and most of the residents moved to Coonana. Some of the Aboriginal Peoples moved back to their traditional lands at Cundeelee in 1984.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Cundeelee (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC53626&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 6 July 2011. 
2. ^ "Menzies Matters – About the Paupiyala Tjarutja Aboriginal Corporation". 2011. http://www.menzies.wa.gov.au/council/news_and_media/newsletters/menzies_matters_oct_09.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
3. ^ "Signposts". 2010. http://www.signposts.communitydevelopment.wa.gov.au/facilities/view.aspx?id=148. Retrieved 2011-01-30.