Yinjaa-Barni Art

Burrup The Burrup in the Pilbara has a diverse range of wildlife, wildflowers and the highest concentration of rock engravings of any known site in the world.

Early Morning Mist The early morning mist over the water is the smoke from the breakfast fires of the Marrga, the creation spirits. According to Yindjibarndi law, in the beginning the sky was very low. When the creation spirits, Marrga, arose from the ground they raised the sky and the Read more…

Coloured Buttons A Yindjibarndi elder and founding member of one of the region’s first art groups, Bujinhurrba, Maudie Jerrold is part of the backbone of Pilbara Aboriginal art. Maudie has a unique style and colour palette and likes to experiment with them.

Marni 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 Read more…

Rainbow Colours The colours of the rainbow after a big rain has come and refreshed the country.

Acaica Yellow Seeds. Bush Seed This is the acacia seed of my country and its leaves. These seeds can be used for flavouring food and also have healing properties and can help with diatetes.

Wildflowers in Country These are the flowers that grown on my country. The marks around the circles represent the spinifex, grasses and rocks around the wildflower patches.rocks

Healing Waters My father use to tell me a story about this spring in Punmu in the desert.They use to camp around there and drink the water.

Grace This is the story of Grace. These are the healing waters running through my country.

Millstream Water lily Millstream Lily pond is at the Millstream Homestead.The early settlers brought the water lilies with them and created a beautiful oasis with a large lily pond. This place is a significant site for the Yinjibarndi people and one they like to visit frequently.