Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation is based in Roebourne and Ngurrawaana Community, in WA's Pilbara region. Its purpose is to collect and promote knowledge of Yindjibarndi culture – our Ngurra, plants and animals, our language, genealogy, mythology, social history and biography – to sustain our Yindjibarndi identity, giving self-esteem, respect, and other values we consider vital to our lives, our well-being, and our culture's future. We do this for our children and our future generations so that they too, are inspired to contribute to our Australian national community.
Juluwarlu's cultural recording and archiving project was started by Lorraine Coppin in the Ngurrawaana Community on the Yindjibarndi tablelands in 1998 with Elder Woodley King and his grandson, Michael Woodley, and was incorporated in 2000.
At the introductory page of each story and on the endpapers is an artwork created by Yindjibarndi women artists member of the Juluwarlu Art Group. Information about the paintings and the artists is provided at the end of the book.
The book is a celebration of Country and its creation written in the landscape. The book includes a number of photos of Yindjibarndi Country and places of significance such Nhankangunha (Deep Reach Pool) on the Fortescue River.
Information is also provided on the Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation, the Juluwarlu Art Group, illustrator Alex Mankiewicz as well as a Glossary and Index of Yindjibarndi words, their meanings, and the related stories.
Alex Mankiewicz was commissioned by Juluwarlu Group Aboriginal Corporation to create a graphic novel interpretation of the Yindjibarndi cultural stories that appear in this book. Time spent on Country with Elders and other custodians, while with an unrelated film crew in 2021, made the renderings of the images and stories possible – both visually and in connection to the spirit of place.