Food, medical supplies, housing, transport infrastructure and education are the key challenges facing areas recovering from the worst floods in Western Australia's history, the state's Aboriginal Affairs and Education minister says.

The overwhelming majority of people affected by the crisis in the Fitzroy Valley are Indigenous.

Tony Buti visited Fitzroy Crossing, Derby and Broome and met with affected community members last week.

"In the Fitzroy Valley I had a meeting with a number of community leaders and I have to say I was very impressed with the way they have were working as a community together and looking out for each other and the community as a whole," Mr Buti told National Indigenous Times.

"The immediate need is to ensure there is access to food and medical supplies, then looking at accommodation, temporary accommodation. Some are at the community centre in Fitzroy Crossing, and people who need medical attention have gone to Broome and Derby."

Mr Buti noted that rapid assessment teams were looking at homes and other buildings to determine what needs repairs and what needs to be rebuilt.

"Hopefully helping families to get back to their properties," he said.

"Main Roads have been very busy in assessing what damage has been done to transport routes, the main bridge will take a lot longer, a lot lot longer (to fix), so looking at what temporary structures can be put in place to make sure people can get back to their communities and the transport of supplies can take place."

The minister noted that more than 80% of the homes affected are government owned "so it is the government's responsibility for replacing or repairing them".

"There is also the coordination of the distribution of funds, federal and state grants as well as the Lord Mayor's Relief Fund," he said.

Mr Buti said while it had been "quite remarkable that the schools have come out largely unscathed", challenges lie ahead for local students.

"There has been some damage (to the schools), and they have been used to store food and as housing for relief workers, emergency services workers and the army in Fitzroy Crossing," he said.

"Our attention turns to making sure all students have access to school for the start of the 2023 school year, we get the principals and the teachers and students back.

"There was a meeting Wednesday, Paul Bridge, the education department director for the Kimberley, has been in constant contact with the principals, there was a meeting Wednesday looking at the various scenarios to get the teachers and students back, and it could happen in some cases that students may access Broome primary school but continue their studies as enrolled in Fitzroy Crossing."

Mr Buti said support teams have been established in the Kimberley and in Perth to coordinate the approach to support school, students and families.

Mr Buti praised emergency services for their response to the unprecedented natural disasters.

"I was incredibly impressed with the work of DFES and others in emergency services, they have been working around the clock. The Minister for Emergency Services (Stephen Dawson) has been doing an outstanding job in what is a very difficult exercise."