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"Suicides have increased and many are homeless as others had no option but to move in with family members as not enough new houses where provided." In 2011, all families living at Oombulgurri were evicted from their homes after the government of Western Australia deemed the community "unviable". The Government of Western Australia has flattened the Aboriginal homelands community of Oombulgurri in 2014.
Although many refused to leave, Western Australia's Government closed the health clinic, school, police station, shop, and shut off the town’s power and water. The last residents from Oombulgurri were relocated to Wyndham, the northernmost town in the Kimberley region. (I-Ingetje Tadros wanted to see and feel the situation and hired a boat in Wyndham and took five people back.
Oombulgurri’s residents and traditional owners have been fighting to return ever since.
©Ingetje Tadros. Oombulgurri, Western Australia
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"Suicides have increased and many are homeless as others had no option but to move in with family members as not enough new houses where provided." In 2011, all families living at Oombulgurri were evicted from their homes after the government of Western Australia deemed the community "unviable". The Government of Western Australia has flattened the Aboriginal homelands community of Oombulgurri in 2014.<br /> Although many refused to leave, Western Australia's Government closed the health clinic, school, police station, shop, and shut off the town’s power and water. The last residents from Oombulgurri were relocated to Wyndham, the northernmost town in the Kimberley region. (I-Ingetje Tadros wanted to see and feel the situation and hired a boat in Wyndham and took five people back.<br /> Oombulgurri’s residents and traditional owners have been fighting to return ever since.<br /> ©Ingetje Tadros. Oombulgurri, Western Australia