Berndt Museum Rock Art: The Kimberley Collections

The Berndt Museum contains more than 1,400 objects from the Kimberley region. These include paintings, weapons, tools, and ritual items. There are also several important photographic collections relating to this region. Some highlights of the Kimberley collections can be seen in the Virtual Tour. Many of the 1391 items are multi-purpose, being used for fighting, hunting and music. The Museum has an extensive photographic collection. It contains photographs, negatives and colour slides, and consists of many small collections donated to the Museum. Many photographic collections which were taken between 1915-1974 from Western Australia, Anna Plains, La Grange, Kunanurra, Mowanjum and Kalumburu contain significant Kimberly material.