The Wangkangurru Yarluyandi Aboriginal Corporation administers land on behalf of the Wangkangurru/Yarluyandi People over nearly 79,600 sq km of land, covering:
- approximately 60,600 sq km in far north/north east South Australia, which includes the Simpson Desert Conservation Park and the Simpson Desert Regional Reserve (about 36,000 sq km) and the remaining area predominantly made up of land held under pastoral lease; and
- approximately 19,000 sq km in south western Queensland, which includes some 10,000 square kilometres of the Munga-Thirri National Park with its remarkable sand dunes, and the township of Birdsville.
The Wangkangurru/Yarluyandi People's native title was recognised in Ah Chee v State of South Australia [2014] FCA 1048. The Wangkangurru Yarluyandi Aboriginal Corporation is a party to the Wangkangurru Yarluyandi Native Title Claim Settlement Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) registered on 15 January 2015, and the Munga-Thirri National Park Protected Areas Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) registered on 18 December 2015. |
