Yinjaa-Barni Art

Emu Dreaming Roaming the Country finding the Emu Dreaming

Pilbara Hills Country In our Pilbara country, we have many hills of all different shapes and sizes. When driving through country at different times the colours change. There is water flowing down from the hills through the land. The wildflowers pop up when the Pilbara weather starts getting warmer, the Read more…

Clay pan This painting shows the clay pan of the pilbara from an aerial perspective.

Mixed Pilbara Wildflowers This painting shows the different types of wildflowers that come out during the springtime season like the white mulla mulla.

Pilbara Mulla Mulla The colours in the background represent the pilbara landscape with a hint of colour piercing through representing the scattered wildflowers found all across the countryside.

Pilbara country The colours in the background represent the pilbara landscape with a hint of colour piercing through representing the scattered wildflowers found all across the country side.

Thama and Jandi Thama (fire) and jinda (charcoal): When you get the marruwa (snakewood) and make fire, you see it burning, burning, burning. After the fire burns the wood becomes black, jinda (charcoal). And then the ash comes. Marruwa is the best stick to burn because it burns so hot.

Low Tide at Fishing Ground (East Harding) Low tide at the fishing ground in East Harding.

Jiirda ( Increasing Site ) This is a special site for our people. A ceremonial place that has been passed down to us from elder to elder. It is a place where people ask for bush tucker in their country.For this to work, we rub the white chalk from Jiirda Read more…

Jiirda (Increasing Site) This is a special site for our people. A ceremonial place that has been passed down to us from elder to elder. It is a place where people ask for bush tucker in their country. For this to work, we rub the white chalk from Jiirda on Read more…