Warburton - WA

Community not accessible to public. The first missionary contact made with Ngaanyatjarra people was by Wade & Jackson at Old Well near Warburton in 1932-33. At the site ‘Old Well’ on the western bank of Elder Creek, approximately 5 km from the present townsite, Warburton Mission was established in 1934. The townsite was later moved due to flooding after heavy rains. The Warburton Mission was also used as a ‘Ration Depot’ and, in the early 1930s many Ngaanyatjarra men adopted the practice of dingo scalping in exchange for rations at the Mission, meanwhile carrying on a traditional lifestyle in the hinterland.