Kunawaritji

Kunawaritji

Is a location on the Canning Stock Route near "Well 33", and also the eastern end of Wapet Road in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

The name has variant spellings - it is also can be found as Kunnawarritji.

It is an Aboriginal community location [ [http://www.wapc.wa.gov.au/Initiatives/Planning+for+Aboriginal+communities/CLP+maps/1101.aspx Kunawarritji (Well 33) ] ] which has fuel and supplies in the lower southern part of the Great Sandy Desert, or the western part of the Gibson Desert.

It is in the Martu Determined Native title Area and in the larger area also known as the Western Desert (Australia)

Most online sources regarding this isolated community are either four wheel drive or canning stock route tour oriented websites or blogs concerned with the strategic location of fuel supplies [ [http://users.picknowl.com.au/~gazer//canning/ Hisco's Canning Stock Route Resources ] ]

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