Editing Pilbara (section)

==Etymology==
According to the Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre ''Wangka Maya'', the name for the Pilbara region derives from the Aboriginal word ''bilybara'', meaning "dry" in the [[Nyamal]] and [[Panyjima language|Banyjima]] languages.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6YdkAAAAMAAJ|title=Bilybara: The Aboriginal Languages of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia|first1=Janet|last1=Sharp|first2=Nick|last2=Thieberger|date=28 June 1992|publisher=Wangka Maya Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre|isbn=9780646107110 |access-date=28 June 2022|via=Google Books}}</ref> Another suggested origin is ''pilbarra'', an Aboriginal word for the salt-water [[mullet (fish)|mullet]] found in local waters, reflected in the name of a tributary of the [[Yule River]], Pilbarra Creek, which evolved to "Pilbara" Creek.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.water.wa.gov.au/PublicationStore/first/90031.pdf|title=Fishes in groundwater dependent pools of the Fortescue and Yule rivers, Pilbara, Western Australia|website=Water.wa.gov|access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="Pilbara place names">{{cite web|url=http://www.nwsg.com.au/industry/pilbaraplaces.html|title=Pilbara place names|website=nwsg.com.au|access-date=10 November 2024|archive-date=3 May 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060503181839/http://www.nwsg.com.au/industry/pilbaraplaces.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{efn |When Europeans first applied "Pilbarra" in 1885 to Pilbarra Creek, the emphasis was on the second syllable, reflected by the two "R"s, but over time one "R" was dropped, the first syllable was emphasised, and the name came to describe the entire region.<ref name="Pilbara place names"/>}} The Pilbara Goldfield, discovered in 1885, was named after the creek, and the name later became associated with the region.<ref name="Pilbara place names"/>