An exhibition in Rubibi (Broome) between Reconciliation Day and NAIDOC Week will share the journey of the Yawuru people seeking repatriation for their ancestors.

The Wanggajarli Burugun experience led by Yawuru and Karajarri people is about the discovery, investigation and repatriation of ancestral remains previously taken from Yawuru Country.

Launched by Nyamba Buru Yawuru, the experience is a presentation of an audio-visual, interactive exhibition which follows the journey of the Elders as they track the stories of those who have been taken from their land.

The exhibition sees the Yawuru community hopes to return their ancestors to their final resting place and reconcile with a traumatic past.

Wanggajarli Burugun working group member and Yawuru woman Naomi Appleby said this journey began in 2018.

It's only now in 2023 that the Elders have decided to share their journey.

"(It) came to our attention through the Return, Reconcile, Renew project team led by the Australian National University and the Kimberley Aboriginal Law and Culture Centre," she said.

"Part of the repatriation process is undertaking archival research to provide evidence of the provenance of ancestral remains, to show they belong to this Country.

"What the research team discovered in the archives was presented to the community working group, and although the details were disturbing and upsetting, it was the decision of our community to get to the bottom of the story and share it with the wider community for the purposes of healing, education, and reconciliation."

The audio-visual interactive exhibition will feature four stories.

The first tells the story of Gwarinman and the first, failed and violent settlement of Yawuru Country in the 1860s.

The second will see the story of the pearl shell divers in Roebuck Bay during the 1880s.

The third is the story of the mission people who assisted Germain scientists to acquire remains during the early 1900s.

And finally the story of the 'Common Gate' will shed a light on a story of neglect where countrymen and women died on the fringes of the town during a period of assimilation.

Appleby said she hopes any audience member who comes along will come with an open heart and mind.

"The Wanggajarli Burugun project is still in motion and our ancestors have not all returned to Country yet," Appleby said.

"However we seek the support of audiences to walk with us on this journey of healing and bring realisation of the repatriation movement happening around the world for many Indigenous people.

"We aim to promote the resilience and strength of the Yawuru and Karajarri people, and the spirits of our ancestors guiding us through this sensitive time."

The Wanggajarli Burugun exhibition will launch on May 29 at the Liyan-ngan Nyirrwa Centre in Rubibi and is open to the public Tuesday to Saturday from May 30.