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.