Raparapa is the raw and gritty history of the Aboriginal drovers and stockmen of the Kimberley. The determination of Senior Nyikina lawman, John Watson, to present an Aboriginal perspective has produced personal stories that show how these hard-working men adapted to station life and why they became the backbone of the pastoral industry in northern Western Australia.

Mustering and droving in open country for several months a year, the stockmen travelled through their traditional country uninhibited, and were able to maintain law and culture and land management practises. Their foresight and perseverance has helped generations of Kimberley Indigenous people secure vast tracts of land where they now live with their families, running their own cattle stations.