What is "papunya"

Papunya is a small Indigenous Australian community roughly 240 km northwest of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is now home to a number of displaced Aboriginal people mainly from the Pintupi and Luritja groups. At the 2006 census, Papunya had a population of 299. Papunya is on restricted Aboriginal land and requires a permit to enter or travel through.

The predominant religion at Papunya is Lutheranism, with 258 members or 86.3% of the population, based on the 2006 census. It is the closest town to the Australian continental pole of inaccessibility.

Warumpi Band were an Australian country and Aboriginal rock group which formed in Papunya.