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]
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]