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Our Country (The Pilbara)

The Pilbara is the country where we the Yindjibarndi people live and share many of our Cultural stories and history that have been passed onto us by our ancestors, of how they used to walk through the flat country we call the (Table Lands) visiting family members at nearby stations. Our country has so much to offer. Bush foods and medicine as well as animal like Kangaroo, Emu, Goanna and Turkey. When the rains come our rivers are full and we all love to go out and spend the day fishing. We are also close to the ocean,so we often go fishing there as well. During the holidays many of our families go bush to enjoy what the country offers the beauty of our country we see through our eyes wildflowers blooming as nature takes its course. Our country is still full of riches it always gives me joy to be a part of it we are connected to our land it is a part of who we are.

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Wildflowers Amongst the Waterholes

Pretty flowers come out in the Springtime beyond the waterholes

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Salt Flats

There are many Salt flats in the Pilbara. This painting depicts the water flowing underneath with the salt forming on top in ripples to show the movement of the ocean.

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Pyramid/Bibi Hill

Pyramid or Bibi Hill is located on Pyramid Station near Millstream-Chichester National Park and reaches more than 200m into the sky.

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Acacia Bushes

There are over 100 types of Acacia in the Pilbara. Our country comes alive with flowers in the spring and these beautiful, yellow flowers stand out proudly amongst the other blooms.

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Acacia Bushes

There are over 100 types of Acacia in the Pilbara. Our country comes alive with flowers in the spring and these beautiful, yellow flowers stand out proudly amongst the other blooms.

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Kunkurra (The Spiralling Wind)

‘Kunkurra’, the spiralling wind is associated with several sites in the Kardbam clan estate. On one level, this painting can be interpreted as a depiction of the kinds of mini-cyclones common during the wet season in Arnhem Land, where the artist lives. In this painting, Kunkurra also relates specifically to a site called Bilwoyinj, near Mankorlod.

At this site, two of the most important Kuninjku creation beings, a father and son known as na-korrkko, are believed to have hunted and eaten a goanna. They left some of the goanna fat behind at the site, which turned into the rock that still stands there today. The word Bilwoyinj, which is the name of this site, also refers to the fat of the goanna. Bilwoyinj site is also a ceremonial ground for a ceremony called Yabbaduruwa, a major ceremony owned by the Yirridja patrimoiety. The Yabbaduruwa ceremony is primarily concerned with initiation, land ownership and promoting the cyclical regeneration of the human and natural worlds.