Wiltja

Wiltjas are shelters made by the Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and other Aboriginal Australian peoples.^[1] They are temporary dwellings, and are abandoned and rebuilt rather than maintained.^[2] Open and semi-circular,^[3] wiltjas are meant primarily as a defence against the heat of the sun, and are not an effective shelter from rain.^[4]

Wiltja in outback, circa 1940

For the hostel for Aboriginal girls in Adelaide, see Charles Duguid § Wiltja.

See also

• Humpy