Completed tiles were transported back to Fitzroy Crossing at the end of each trip, to be fired at the local high school. The Fitzroy Valley covers a wide area from Looma Community, 220km to the west of Fitzroy Crossing township to Yiyili Community 190km to the east. The area follows the river as it passes through the region with several far-flung communities reaching out into the Great Sandy Desert. There is a strong contrast in country of origin for the local indigenous population, that of river to desert. The country around the town, reaching up into the Oscar and Leopold Ranges to the north is the traditional land for the Bunuba people.
Gooniyandi country reaches along the river towards Halls Creek in the east.
These two river groups have been hosts to the Walmajarri and Wangkajunga speakers who moved in from the desert in the fifties and sixties. This is Bunuba country. They are the bosses for this country, for this land. We came in from Cherrabun Station. Before that I was in the bush.