The Honey Ant Readers go west into real honey ant country!

Teacher Gary Hopkins and Margaret James at Warburton School Library

This week ‘nana honey ant’ went west into Australia’s most remote community, to visit the wonderful children and teachers who live in real ‘honey ant’ country and are using the HARs in schools, libraries and communities!

This photgraph are taken in Warburton school library working with teacher Gary Hopkins. The Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku in WA spreads over an area of 159,948 square kilometres, stretching right up to the NT border. Located approximately 1,542km from Perth and 1,397 from Alice Springs, it is one of the most remote areas in the country. The population of about 1,800 comprises mainly Ngaanyatjarra people and the language spoken is “Ngaanyatjarra”. “Ku” means “to belong” in Ngaanyatjarra.