Our Services & the Central Desert Region of WA

Central Desert’s work area covers a third of Western Australia and includes some of the most remote and isolated communities and country in the world.

While similarities can be found across the region, there are different groups, each with their own dialects and emphasis on different cultural protocols.

Aboriginal people of the Central Desert share the central belief system of Tjukurrpa, which can be understood as “the Dreaming” or “the Lore”, as members of the Western Desert Cultural Bloc (WDCB).

Central Desert has developed close and enduring relationships built on trust and familiarity to work together to maximise the potential of their native title rights and statutory obligations.

These outcomes are achieved via a mentoring approach offering legal, research, heritage, governance, GIS, land management, trustee management and business support to advance corporations’ existing capacity.

There are more than two dozen Prescribed Bodies Corporate in the 'Central Desert Service Area', as can be seen on the map, which Central Desert supports in different ways.

The "Service Area" or Representative Area also stretches across four (4) Development Commissions (Department of Regional Development) Regions, which influence WA State Government department program interactions with PBCs.

(Download a pdf of the Development Commission Regions map here)

See the interactive map below for detailed information on each group, including how to contact them directly.

A full list of determinations in the Central Desert region can be found here, or below.

Read a snapshot summary of the region - as told with more maps, including some recent statistics, here.