St Joseph's site — Derby, looking toward the existing building
The precinct land — Kimberley bush and red earth
Aerial view — the ~10 hectare site, Wodehouse & Ashley St, Derby
Derby, Kimberley, Western Australia
Community-designed. Solar-powered. Locally built. Up to 100 climate-adapted homes in Derby — governed by Traditional Owners, built by local people, designed to last.
What is KINRA
Kin means family, connection, community. Ra means sun, light, energy. KINRA — Knowledge for Indigenous Nature-based Regenerative Architecture — is a housing project in Derby, West Kimberley, led by the people who live there.
The Liyan Foundation has access to a ten-hectare site near the Derby townsite. The plan is to build up to 100 homes that are net-zero, climate-adapted, community-governed and locally constructed. Not a pilot. A proper neighbourhood.
Derby is ready. The coalition is in place. What's needed now is the right partnerships to get it built.
"We don't need imported solutions. We build from Country — with the people who know it, for the families who live here."
Victor Hunter, Traditional Owner & KINRA Co-Founder
Three things KINRA does at once
Up to 100 mixed-tenure homes built for the Kimberley — elevated, ventilated, solar-powered, cyclone-rated and designed for extended families. Not fly-in fly-out builds. Local labour, local suppliers, local ownership.
How the model works →One in six Derby children carry Strep A right now. Rheumatic Heart Disease is caused by overcrowded, under-ventilated housing. Clinics treat children, then send them home to the same conditions. KINRA changes the conditions.
Why Derby needs this →Indigenous workforce participation in the Kimberley sits at 37.3 per cent. KINRA uses ILO's Local Resource-Based approach — local hiring targets, pre-apprenticeships, enterprise incubation, energy revenue for the community trust.
The full ecosystem →"Public housing in the Kimberley is not fit for escalating heat, flood and cyclone risks now or toward 2050. Homes become sweat boxes. Housing must be climate-adapted." National Climate Risk Assessment, September 2025
St Joseph's site — Derby, looking toward the existing building
The precinct land — Kimberley bush and red earth
Aerial view — the ~10 hectare site, Wodehouse & Ashley St, Derby
The pre-feasibility study is underway
Government agencies, research partners, industry and funders are invited to join the coalition now — while there's still room to shape the model.