Balgo, Western Australia
community in Kimberley region in Western Australia
20°08′24″S 127°59′06″E / 20.14°S 127.985°E
Balgo is a small community in Western Australia. It is surrounded by the Great Sandy Desert and the Tanami Desert. It is an Aboriginal community; the area is traditionally Kukatja country. There are also some Pintupi families living there, who were displaced in the 1950s and 1960s. Many of them came to live here from Papunya, including some of the original artists of the Papunya Tula movement. Many of them later left Balgo when Kintore and Kiwirrkurra were set up in the 1980s. In 2006, Balgo had about 460 people living there.
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Media related to Arte contemporaneo australiano de Balgo Hills at Wikimedia Commons
- Warlayirti Artists and Cultural Centre
- Luurnpa School Website
- Balgo Adult Education Centre Website Archived 2007-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Kutjungka Parish Website Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
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