Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009 at 23:37
Willie, Billy Dunn was an aboriginal stockman / drover whose biography is published in the book "
Pilbara Bushman: the life experience of W. Dunn x Graham. J.
Wilson (available State Library WA). He assisted a lot of the survey teams throughout the
Pilbara, and was the first aboriginal to be granted a grazing lease (Mt Divide Station). He was highly respected by both indigenous and non indigenous peoples in the
Pilbara. This book doesn't mention the
cave in question.
I am aware that commercial tour operators include this
cave in their itinerary, and they are coy as to the location. We were lucky enough to strike a friendly tour guide at Durba Springs last year who told us how to find Jinawanura caves, but silly me, didn't enquire about Billy Dunns
cave, by deduction I know it is in the vicinity of Xmas
Pool.
Wil be going there again in Sept, exiting the park via
Hanging Rock and Chrisites Crossing, but if someone can come up with the location of this
cave, we'll try to find it
Regards Norm M
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