This paper describes a collaboration between Wilyakali Indigenous Custodians and a group of archaeologists. This collaboration has generated a shared and integrated understanding of the cultural landscape, Ancestral Creation Histories, and archaeology of the Broken Hill region of western New South Wales. The Broken Hill landscape is ancient beyond imagination, and complex geological processes/Creation Histories have resulted in distinctive landscape features and resources including quartz suitable for stone artefact manufacture. Wilyakali stone knappers employed specialised and varied technological processes to overcome the diverse and sometimes intractable nature of the quartz material, resulting in efficient use of this local stone resource. Wilyakali interpret the Country through their knowledge of the travelling sacred Bronzewing Pigeon and its creation of landscape features and resources such as quartz and water. Empirical archaeological data complement traditional knowledge, with the two ways of knowing coming together to reconstruct a nuanced interpretation of the cultural landscape. This shared narrative has had ongoing and inter-generational benefits to the Wilyakali people, with knowledge communicated to younger generations by Elders, enabling them to interpret both the archaeology and Ancestral Creation Histories with confidence. This paper also highlights the inconsistent recognition of Indigenous ways of knowing and connection in Aboriginal cultural heritage assessments in the region. Cet article d & eacute;crit une collaboration entre Wilyakali Gardiens Indig & egrave;nes et un groupe d'arch & eacute;ologues. Cette collaboration a produit une compr & eacute;hension partag & eacute;e et globale des caract & eacute;ristiques du paysage, des histories de Cr & eacute;ation Ancestrales et de l'arch & eacute;ologie de la r & eacute;gion de Broken Hill & agrave; l'ouest de New South Wales. Ce paysage est ancien d & eacute;passe l'imagination et la complexit & eacute; des processus g & eacute;ologiques/des histoires de Cr & eacute;ation Ancestrales ont r & eacute;sult & eacute; des charact & eacute;ristiques paysag & egrave;res distinctives et des ressources, incluant du quartz appropri & eacute; & agrave; la fabrication d'artefacts en pierre. Les tailleurs de pierre Wilyakali utilisaient des proc & eacute;d & eacute;s technologiques divers et sp & eacute;cialis & eacute;s pour surmonter la nature multiple, parfois non-mall & eacute;able des mat & eacute;riaux en quartz, entrainant une utilisation appropri & eacute;e d'une ressource locale. Le peuple Wilyakali interpr & eacute;te son Territoire & agrave; travers sa connaissance du pigeon voyageur sacr & eacute;, la Colombine Lumachelle, et de sa cr & eacute;ation des paysages et des ressources telles que le quartz et l'eau. Des donn & eacute;es empiriques et arch & eacute;ologiques compl & egrave;tent la connaissance traditionnelle; les deux fa & ccedil;ons de savoir se rejoignent pour reconstruire une interpr & eacute;tation nuanc & eacute;e du paysage culturel. Ce r & eacute;cit partag & eacute; a apport & eacute; des avantages permanents et interg & eacute;n & eacute;rationnels pour le peuple Wilyakali comme connaissances communiqu & eacute;es aux jeunes g & eacute;n & eacute;rations par les Anciens, leur permettant d'interpr & eacute;ter & agrave; la fois l'arch & eacute;ologie et l'ensemble des contes ancestraux avec confiance. Cet article souligne la reconnaissance contradictoire des formes de savoir indig & egrave;nes et la connexion avec le territoire, selon l'appr & eacute;ciation de l'h & eacute;ritage culturel Aborig & egrave;ne.
