Yinjaa-Barni Art

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

Pilbara Region This is a painting of the Claypan Wattle when it is ripe, but it’s poisonous. This shrub starts off as a light green colour and then, as it matures, it gets darker. The flowers are a yellowy orange and also get darker with a bit of black as Read more…

Rock Art This place is where the poeple went hunting for food. They knew that there they could find Stingray, Dugong and Turtle. This place is Murujuga on the Burrup Peninsula in the Pilbara.

Heritage Icon This old house in Roebourne used to be known as Dalgety House. Now days it’s our famous Yinjaa-Barni Art Centre where everybody is welcome, we all come together here.

Layers of Earth and Ochre Ochre glows, it shows itself, waiting for me to discover its magic and beauty

Spirit of Ochre People come from country, so like ochre, our people have always cherished the way we use ochre. Ceremony contains ochre. There we celebrate it’s power. It sustains all the elements within. Earth, water, rain are just a few. It has a timeless beauty beyond one minds eye.