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.
Water on country sustains the land, culture and life.
This painting reminds me of when we go camping out bush we always camp out in the flat where we can see the stars shining.
Honey ants are shown here collecting food before winter. Bunjima people call the food ‘mulma nujnu’. This name comes from the leaves, and another name is ‘ngardanu’, which comes from the branches.
During dry summer months our country looks so dry, but the beauty of the red earth, the spinifex and dry grass make it beautiful. Although it doesn’t rain, but during the cool weather, the wetness in the morning, the heavy dew waters it all down and the new growth comes.
It is one of the sacred sites on the way to GG. It’s a place where Yindjibarndi ancestors walked the country gathering bush food, camping, staying close to main pools surroudning the area Wayumarri. Bilaa is a small seed that grows there. It is gathered and ground into a flour. Our ancestors used to make damper from that flour.
After the rain the rivers and creeks in our country come alive with a new growth of plants . The country is filled with beautiful colours. We rejoice looking at our rivers and creeks full of water, so that we can go fishing, kids can go swimming and we can picnic with our families and friends.
We have so many wildflowers in the Pilbara in many beautiful colours. The start to bloom in the wintertime in the winter sunshine.
After the rains in the wet season, the waterways are full and the seeds are ready to come up and show all the beautiful colours of our Pilbara wildflowers.
After the rains in the wet season, the waterways are full and the seeds are ready to come up and show all the beautiful colours of our Pilbara wildflowers.