Since 2013, a ‘Remembrance Day’ event is held each year, on or around the 17th of February for the Yaburara men, women and children who were killed.
The significance of this event has been embraced by the ‘Stand Up for the Burrup’ campaign group, in their plight to gain support across the globe for the Dampier Rock Art Precinct to attain world heritage listing.
Ancient petroglyphs (drawing on rock) are on the peninsula and islands, telling a long and fascinating history. It is a rich heritage available for all Australians to be proud of and value. Repeated archaeological research of the area has reinforced the view that the cultural landscape of the Yabuara Burrup Peninsula Dampier Archipelago is highly significant by international standards and demands preserving and protection for future generations. Tens of thousands of the Dampier engravings are thought to be pre-Ice Age. They include depictions of the fat-tailed kangaroo, 3 metre macro fauna extinct for 40-45,000 years, and of other extinct animals including the thylacine, extinct in the Pilbara for 3000 – 3,500 years.