Walawala is an important site on the travels of the group of ancestral Tingarri men who come from the northwestern reaches of Pintupi Country and travel east to meet other groups of men who were living at places near Puntutjarpanya (Jupiter Well). Located in the Pollock Hills, the Tingarri men stopped at Walawala after visiting Karilywarra on their way to Kiwirrkurra and onwards to Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay). At the top of the hill is an rockhole known as Ngarkularra, which often holds surface water. Even when it appears dry, however, by digging in the sand at the bottom of the rockhole it is possible to obtain soakage water.

Walawala is also associated with the travels of the ancestral Kangaroo Marlu, as he was chased southwards by a group of hunters led by a man named Murtikarlka.

My people went out to Walungurru (Kintore), lived there. From there, my father, Freddy West Tjakamarra, moved to Kiwirrkurra. He wanted to go back to traditional country, to Kiwirrkurra. He was from Western Australia, he was living out there and he wanted to teach young men, like his sons, Tony and Nicolas, and other young men. He organized a punyunyu (university) before he passed away. Others came from Jigalong, but they were challenged. They were really Law Men, but he beat them. He was really number one for his song—Tingarri. Some came from Tjukurla, like Mr. Butler and they put all the young people in university. Everybody came from Wiluna, Jigalong and Balgo and did a really big business, and they took them to Yaru Yaru [a major Tingarri site]. My father wanted to show kids about his country, his Tjukurrpa that his father gave him to teach the young ones.

This painting is Walawala. There’s a carving in the cave and drawings that are still there today. I was there, I saw it. It’s got water there after rain; we’ve got spring water. He used to paint with circles, it’s got to be proper color, really Tingarri.