A Bunuba Elder from WA's Kimberley region has issued a call for local leaders to take a strong stand against vandalism after a break-in at an important language centre.

Patsy Ngalu Bedford made the call after the Kimberley Language Resource Centre was broken into and vandalised on Monday night.

"That place holds 40 years of knowledge, stories, language that was put there by our Old People," she said.

"And I am sitting here just saying enough is enough.

"People in Halls Creek it could be your grandparents, it could have been your parents doing that recording to pass down language to you and your children… my heart breaks."

Ms Bedford asked for action to protect the community and its culture.

"Please can we do something about all the vandalism in Halls Creek? Stand up leaders, please. I am sure there are very strong leaders in Halls Creek," she said.

"I think (the vandals) are destroying our knowledge, our culture. Everybody knows, everybody fights for land rights, for our homes, for our land - and the knowledge that was held there could have been destroyed.

"If you people out there in Halls Creek know about this please, I am begging, go to the police, do something about it. Because that is your language centre, and that is your stories that were passed down by our Old People."

Ms Bedford noted that 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Kimberley Language Resource Centre, which is a region-wide organisation.

"This is something that is going to be taken away from us, that Language Centre, if they destroyed the archive. Everything was taken away, and now it's our children who are taking away our language, our culture from us," she said, as it is suspected young people were involved in the break-in.

"So please, leaders in Halls Creek, stand up, you are strong people, I know there are a lot of strong people in Halls Creek, stand up for the language centre that belongs to you.

"I am not pointing the finger at anyone, but stand up for what is yours and let our children know they are destroying their own grandparents and great-grandparents' knowledge and language that was passed down for them. If we don't do something about it maybe it's going to be all lost."

Ms Bedford's granddaughter, Obby Bedford, told National Indigenous Times her grandmother was "particularly upset" because the vandals broke into the archive room.

"That is where the materials and the language recordings from our Old People are – it's so important," she said.