Ngaanyatjarra Lands School - Blackstone Campus

In the 1950s a company established a work site to mine nickel in the Blackstone Ranges. When the miners left after a few years, Yarnangu people transported the abandoned materials some distance to a water supply provided by a bore. This became the site for present-day Blackstone, also known as Papulankutja.

Blackstone is 205 kms east of Warburton and situated on ‘Bottom Road’ midway between Jameson  and Wingellina.

Many of the older Ngaanyatjarra-speaking residents of Blackstone were raised on the Warburton Mission, while some of the older Pitjantjatjara-speaking locals grew up on the Ernabella Mission over the South Australian border.

There is a strong tradition of art and craft that includes woodwork, grass baskets, jewellery made from nuts and seeds, and acrylic painting on canvas.