Tjurabalan are members of the Walmajarri, Jaru or Nyininy language groups. The area includes Gregory Salt Lake (Paruku) and Sturt Creek (Tjurabalan) and the adjacent portions of the Tanami Desert (Ngaluwan) and Gardiner Range (Lirrankarni). The evidence is that the highest degree of connection is derived from what the Tjurabalan People refer to as the "Jurapalan (Tingarri) law" People have managed to survive the harsh environment by the following:

"The traditional pattern of land use was to exploit the driest areas, which were normally inaccessible or incapable of supporting sustained occupation, immediately following heavy rainfall and then to gradually fall back on the long-lasting or everlasting waters as the country dried out [sources cited].The main long-lasting waters were found in the waterholes and soakages along Sturt Creek and in the Lake Gregory region with other key waters at, for example, Yaruman (Ringer Soak), Kulajaru (Banana Springs), Nana Rockhole, Mt Brophy Spring and Yuju in the Lirrankarni area. The Ngaluwun area is virtually without water, and certainly without long-lasting water, making it an area that was only seasonally used, whereas the Sturt Creek and the Lake Gregory region, had a more constant and reliable source of water, plant, animal, fish and bird life."

Determination:

Consent determinations –
20 August 2001