Yawuru traditional owners will build on the legacy of their ancestors as they forge a new era for their people in taking over the pastoral operations at Roebuck Plains Station on Gumaranganyjal near Broome. 

Roebuck Plains Station and Roebuck Export Depot were handed back to Nyamba Buru Yawuru (NBY) by the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation (ILSC) in 2014, with the ILSC managing the two operations since then via a lease agreement. 

In 2006, the Yawuru people were granted native title over more than 530,000 hectares of traditional Yawuru Country, the land and waters in and around Rubibi (the town of Broome), including the cattle station and depot…