"This is my mother’s place where they left the grinding stone there. This is where they gather, there is a water hole there. They are gathering food and grinding seeds. "

The determination area is situated in a remote environment of the northern Great Sandy Desert in the East Pilbara region that has never been the subject of settlement by non-Aboriginal people. The nearest community is Punmu, located approximately 60km to the southwest of the determination area. Kulyakartu native title holders hold exclusive possession of their country. Two language dialects of the Great Sandy Desert were traditionally spoken within the determination area, being Nyangajarra (pronounced Nyahn – a – jarrah])and Manyjilyjarra (Mahn – jill – jarrah). Kulyakartu peoples’ belief system is Tjukurrpa, which can be understood as "the Dreaming" or "the Law".