The traditional owners of the former Pimbee Station are the Gnulli and the Malgana.

Pimbee is "soft country" with plenty of grasses. In the Jiwarli language Pimbee means "flat" but in the Wajarri language it means the "palm of the hand". However, the name of the station is said to mean "lots of stones". Paquita Boston suggests that "Men and women walked across this flat land, their palms outstretched to gather grass seeds as they walked from one water hole to the next". The stones could have been grinding stones, conveniently left at various locations for use as the need arose. _{Boston 2004}

It could be said that Pimbee is not flat, it is red sand hills and gidgee ridges but, it is not as stony as the mountainous land further inland. _{Boston 2004}

The names of the watering points on Pimbee includes Boundary, Diedos, Flowing Bore, Forgotten, Henbe, House, Middle, New, Partnership, Stones and Twins. It would be interesting to know how some of the names came about.

Note: Paquita Boston's book What's in a Name? Place Names of the Gascoyne, is a very handy reference for travellers and others interested in the Gascoyne.

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References:
Boston, Paquita (2004), What's in a Name? Place Names of the Gascoyne Published by the Author
Boston, Paquita (2005), Personal communication
Chief Draftsman's Branch Map of Western Australia Shewing Localities of Sheep and Cattle Stations 1944 Department of Lands & Surveys, Perth WA.
Douglass, Lucinda; Booth, Carol; Kennedy, Simon & Turner, Joel (2019) An extraordinary natural legacy: An assessment and recommendations for the proposed expansion of Western Australia’s conservation reserve system. Summary Report. Commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Centre for Conservation Geography.