Ngaanyatjarra is an Indigenous Australian cultural group in the Western Desert, Central Australia. Meaning and origin of the name Ngaanya literally means this that is, the demonstrative pronoun and tjarra means with having the comitative suffix the compound term means those that use ngaanya to say this . Some neighbouring dialect groups are the Ngaatjatjarra and the Nyangatjatjarra , who use ngaatja and nyangatja respectively for this . Regions The Ngaanyatjarra people make use of the resources of the following biogeographic regions North Western Great Sandy Desert Little Sandy Desert South East Gascoyne region of Western Australia Gascoyne Gibson Desert Central Great Victoria Desert Western Central Ranges The Western Desert cultural bloc covers about 600 000 square kilometres with diverse cultures, traditions and language groups. Languages Most people in the region speak Ngaanyatjarra as a first language, some people may also speak English, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara, Noongar and other regional Indigenous languages. The Ngaanyatjarra refer to themselves as Anangu people . see Western Desert Language The Ngaanyatjarra people are very proactive in maintaining their own language, using informal teaching ref Kral, Inge 2008 . http blogs.usyd.edu.au elac 2008 10 education restructure ... The Ngaanyatjarra region has very diverse regional cultures ref Shire of Nganyatjarraku 2010 ... The Ngaanyatjarra lands consists of Wingellina, Blackstone Papulankutja , Jameson, Warburton, Western ..., Patjarr, Kanpa, Cosmo Newberry. On 29 June 2005 the Ngaanyatjarra lands were the subject ... on the region http www.tjulyuru.com Ngaanyatjarra Shire Council website Arts Organisations Websites ... http www.waru.org ngmedia Ngaanyatjarra Media website http www.ngurra.org Ngaanyatjarra Media website ... Ngaanyatjarra entry in the AusAnthrop database http www.humanrights.gov.au media releases 2005 23 05.html ... Category Indigenous peoples of Australia lt Ngaanyatjarra sv Ngaanyatjarra ... more details
Infobox language name Ngaanyatjarra region Western Australia speakers 1200 familycolor Australian fam1 Pama Nyungan languages Pama Nyungan fam2 Southwest Pama Nyungan languages Southwest fam3 Wati languages Wati iso3 ntj Ngaanyatjarra also Nyanganyatjara, Ngaanyatjara, Ngaanjatjarra is an Australian Aboriginal languages Australian Aboriginal language . It is one of the Wati languages of the large Southwest Pama Nyungan languages Southwest branch of the Pama Nyungan languages Pama Nyungan family . It is one of the dialects of the Western Desert Language and is very similar to its close neighbour Ngaatjatjarra language Ngaatjatjarra , with which it is highly mutually intelligible. Most Ngaanyatjarra people live in one of the communities of Warburton, Western Australia Warburton , Warakurna , Tjukurla , Papulankutja Blackstone, Western Australia Blackstone , Mantamaru Jameson or Kaltukatjara, Northern Territory Kaltukatjara Docker River . Some have moved to Cosmo Newberry and Laverton in the Eastern Goldfields area of Western Australia . Origin of the name The name Ngaanyatjarra derives from the word ngaanya this which, combined with the comitative suffix tjarra means something like ngaanya having . This distinguishes it from its near neighbour Ngaatjatjarra which has ngaatja for this . References Glass, Amee and Hackett, Dorothy. 1979. Ngaanyatjarra texts. New Revised edition of Pitjantjatjara texts 1969 . Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, Canberra. ISBN 0 391 01683 0. Glass, Amee and Hackett, Dorothy. 2003. Ngaanyatjarra & Ngaatjatjarra to English Dictionary . IAD press, Alice Springs. ISBN 1 86465 053 2 External links http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code ntj Ethnologue report for language code ntj Category Wati languages ia lang stub pms Lenga ngaanyatjarra ru ... more details
area becoming the new Shire. It is a community of interest within the traditional lands of the Ngaanyatjarra people of the Central Desert of Western Australia. The 99 year leases held by the Ngaanyatjarra ... and Ngaanyatjarraku. Ngaanyatjarra language Ngaanyatjarra is the first language of most residents .... Some other statistics 98.8 are Australian citizens compared with 86.1 nationwide 65.9 speak Ngaanyatjarra ... & High Schools K 10 8 Ngaanyatjarra Council Aboriginal Corporation The associated Ngaanyatjarra Council operates Air services contracted to Missionary Aviation Fellowship MAF Tertiary education Ngaanyatjarra ... Ngaanyatjarra Agencies and Transport Services Inc NATS Ngaanyatjarra Services Aboriginal Corporation ... fuel franchise supplies Caltex fuel and petroleum products to all Ngaanyatjarra communities, workshops ... ngcouncil.asp Ngaanyatjarra Council http www.tjulyuru.com locauth.asp Tjulyuru Regional Art Gallery ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type town name Warakurna state wa image caption coordinates coord 25.043 128.299 type city 460 region AU WA scale 100000 format dms display inline,title latd 26.015 latm 0 longd 128.299 longm 0 pushpin label position left lga Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku postcode 6642 est pop pop footnotes elevation elevation footnotes maxtemp 37.6 mintemp 5.5 rainfall 247.7 stategov Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie fedgov Division of O Connor O Connor dist1 260 dir1 north east location1 Warburton, Western Australia Warburton Warakurna is a large Aboriginal community, located of in the Goldfields Esperance Region of Western Australia , within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku . History In the early 1970s several factors, including the availability of government funding for Outstation movement outstations , easier road access, over crowding at Docker River settlement and Warburton Mission, all combined to make the location of Giles Weather Station ideal for a new community. The Warakurna community became incorporated in 1976 and a member of the Ngaanyatjarra Council in 1981. Native title The community is located within the Determined Ngaanyatjarra Lands Part A WAD6004 04 Native Title Act 1993 Native Title claim area. Education Children of school age at Warakurna attend the Warakurna Remote Community School. External links Native Title Act 1993 Native Title Claimant application summary http www.nntt.gov.au Applications And Determinations Search Determinations Pages Ngaanyatjarra Lands WC043.aspx Category Towns in Western Australia Category Goldfields Esperance Category Australian Aboriginal placenames Category Aboriginal communities in Western Australia ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type community name Papulankutja state wa image caption coordinates coord 26.015 128.251 type city 460 region AU WA scale 100000 format dms display inline,title latd 26.015 latm 0 longd 128.251 longm 0 pushpin label position left lga Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku postcode 6642 est pop pop footnotes elevation elevation footnotes maxtemp 37.6 mintemp 5.5 rainfall 247.7 stategov Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie fedgov Division of O Connor O Connor dist1 200 dir1 east location1 Warburton, Western Australia Warburton Papulankutja also referred to as Blackstone is a large Aboriginal community, located of in the Goldfields Esperance Region of Western Australia , within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku . Native Title The community is located within the Determined Ngaanyatjarra Lands Part A WAD6004 04 Native Title Act 1993 Native Title claim area. External links http www.nntt.gov.au Applications And Determinations Search Determinations Pages Ngaanyatjarra Lands WC043.aspx Native Title Claimant application summary Category Goldfields Esperance Category Australian Aboriginal placenames Category Aboriginal communities in Western Australia ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type town name Mantamaru state wa image caption coordinates coord 25.862 127.664 type city 460 region AU WA scale 100000 format dms display inline,title latd 25.862 latm 0 longd 127.664 longm 0 pushpin label position left lga Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku postcode 6642 est pop pop footnotes elevation elevation footnotes maxtemp 37.6 mintemp 5.5 rainfall 247.7 stategov Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie fedgov Division of O Connor O Connor dist1 120 dir1 east location1 Warburton Mantamaru also referred to as Jameson is a medium sized Aboriginal community, located in the Goldfields Esperance Region of Western Australia , within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku . Native Title The community is located within the Determined Ngaanyatjarra Lands Part A WAD6004 04 Native Title Act 1993 Native Title claim area. Town Planning Mantamaru Layout Plan No.1 has been prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. Layout Plan No. was endorsed by the community on 7 October 2008. The Layout Plan map set and background report can be viewed at http www.planning.wa.gov.au 2618.asp. External Links Native Title Act 1993 Native Title Claimant application summary http www.nntt.gov.au Applications And Determinations Search Determinations Pages Ngaanyatjarra Lands WC043.aspx Category Towns in Western Australia Category Goldfields Esperance Category Australian Aboriginal placenames ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type town name Tjirrkarli state wa image caption coordinates coord 26.000887 125.473131 type city 460 region AU WA scale 100000 format dms display inline,title latd 26.000887 latm 0 longd 125.473131 longm 0 pushpin label position left lga Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku postcode 6642 est pop pop footnotes elevation elevation footnotes maxtemp 37.6 mintemp 5.5 rainfall 247.7 stategov Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie fedgov Division of O Connor O Connor dist1 120 dir1 west location1 Warburton Tjirrkarli is a medium sized Aboriginal community, located in the Goldfields Esperance Region of Western Australia , within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku . History The community was established in the 1980s in the vicinity of a bore put down by Shell Oil. The company was searching for oil and constructed an extensive network of seismic lines, some of which are now used as main access roads to the community or as hunting tracks Native Title The community is located within the Determined Ngaanyatjarra Lands Part A WAD6004 04 Native Title Act 1993 Native Title claim area. Governance The community is managed through its incorporated body, Tjirrkarli Aboriginal Corporation , incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 24 March 1987. Town Planning Tjirrkarli Layout Plan No.1 has been prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. Layout Plan No.1 was endorsed by the community on 3 December 2003 and the WAPC on 29 June 2004. The Layout Plan map set and background report can be viewed at http www.planning.wa.gov.au 2936.asp External Links Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations http www.orac.gov.au document.aspx?concernID 100534 Native Title Act 1993 Native Title Claimant application summary http www.nntt.gov.au Applications And Determinations Search Determinations Pages Ngaanyatjarra Lands WC043.aspx http tjirrkarli.ngurra.org Category Towns in Western Australia Category Goldfields Esperanc ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type town name Wanarn state wa image caption coordinates coord 25.291 127.568 type city 460 region AU WA scale 100000 format dms display inline,title latd 25.291 latm 0 longd 127.568 longm 0 pushpin label position left lga Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku postcode 6642 est pop pop footnotes elevation elevation footnotes maxtemp 37.6 mintemp 5.5 rainfall 247.7 stategov Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie fedgov Division of O Connor O Connor dist1 140 dir1 north east location1 Warburton Wanarn is a medium sized Aboriginal community, located in the Goldfields Esperance Region of Western Australia , within the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku . Native Title The community is located within the Determined Ngaanyatjarra Lands Part A WAD6004 04 Native Title Act 1993 Native Title claim area. Governance The community is managed through its incorporated body, Wanarn Aboriginal Corporation formally Wannan Community Aboriginal Corporation , incorporated under the Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976 on 27 June 1989. Town Planning Wanarn Layout Plan No.1 has been prepared in accordance with State Planning Policy 3.2 Aboriginal Settlements. Layout Plan No.1 was endorsed by the community on 1 December 2003 and the WAPC on 4 May 2004. The Layout Plan map set and background report can be viewed at http www.planning.wa.gov.au 2949.asp. External Links Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations http www.orac.gov.au document.aspx?concernID 100862 Native Title Act 1993 Native Title Claimant application summary http www.nntt.gov.au Applications And Determinations Search Determinations Pages Ngaanyatjarra Lands WC043.aspx Category Towns in Western Australia Category Goldfields Esperance Category Australian Aboriginal placenames ... more details
two other uses the ethnic group Maban people the languages Maban languages Maban or Mabain is a material that is held to be magic paranormal magic al in Australian Aboriginal mythology . It is the material from which the shaman s and elders of indigenous Australia supposedly derive their magical powers. ref cite doi 10.1080 02560049685310111 ref Notes Known as maparn among the Ngaanyatjarra, practitioners known as maparnjarra. References reflist refbegin A. P. Elkin 1973 . Aboriginal Men of High Degree Initiation and Sorcery in the World s Oldest Tradition . Inner Traditions. Munn, Nancy D. 1984 . The Transformation Of Subjects Into Objects in Walbiri and Pitjantjartjara Myths. In M. Charlesworth, H. Morphy, D. Bell and K. Maddock, Eds. Religion in Aboriginal Australia An Anthology. St. Lucia, Queensland University Of Queensland Press. refend Category Australian Aboriginal mythology Category Words and phrases of Australian Aboriginal origin Category Australian Aboriginal culture ... more details
Infobox language name Ngaatjatjarra region Western Australia speakers 500 familycolor Australian fam1 Pama Nyungan languages Pama Nyungan fam2 Southwest Pama Nyungan languages Southwest fam3 Wati languages Wati iso3 ntj Ngaatjatjarra also Ngaatjatjara, Ngaadadjarra is an Australian Aboriginal languages Australian Aboriginal dialect of the Western Desert language . It is spoken in the Western Desert cultural bloc which covers about 600 000 square kilometres of the arid central and central western desert. It is very similar to its close neighbours Ngaanyatjarra , Pitjantjatjara language Pitjantjatjara and Pintupi , with which it is highly mutually intelligible. Most Ngaatjatjarra people live in one of the communities of Warburton, Western Australia Warburton , Warakurna , Tjukurla or Docker River . Origin of the name The name Ngaatjatjarra derives from the word ngaatja this which, combined with the comitative suffix tjarra means something like ngaatja having . This distinguishes it from its near neighbour Ngaanyatjarra which has ngaanya for this . References DOUSSET Laurent 2002. Politics and demography in a contact situation The establishment of Giles Meteorological Station in the Rawlinson Ranges, Aboriginal History, 26 1 22. DOUSSET Laurent 2003. On the misinterpretation of the Aluridja kinship system type Australian Western Desert , Social Anthropology, 11 1 43 61. DOUSSET Laurent 2005. Structure and Substance Combining Classic and Modern Kinship Studies in the Australian Western Desert, TAJA, 16 1 18 30. DOUSSET L. 2003. Indigenous modes of representing social relationships A short critique of the genealogical concept , Aboriginal Studies, 2003 1 19 29. GLASS A. & HACKETT D. 2003. Ngaanyatjarra & Ngaatjatjarra to English dictionary. Alice Springs IAD. ISBN 1 86465 053 2 GOULD R.A. 1968. Living Archaeology The Ngatatjara of Western Australia, Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, 24 2 101 122. GOULD R.A. 1969. Subsistence behavior among the Western desert Aborigin ... more details
of the names of Ngaanyatjarra language Ngaanyatjarra and Ngaatjatjarra language Ngaatjatjarra ... the name Nyangatjatjara indicating that they have nyangatja for this which then contrasts them with Ngaanyatjarra ... relations, the Ngaanyatjarra language Ngaanyatjarra , to move east towards the railway between Adelaide ... first2 Dorothy year 1979 title Ngaanyatjarra texts. New Revised edition of Pitjantjatjara texts ... Women Growing Strong Together publisher Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara Women ... for Anangu Pitjantjatjara, Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra peoples, communities and organisations ... more details
then, Warburton has worked under the umbrella of the Ngaanyatjarra Council. ref name abc.net.au blockquote ... is the centre of a very large Aboriginal reserve, Ngaanyatjarra which is extremely isolated ... that link the reality of contemporary cultural context within which Ngaanyatjarra life ... in 1994, the first dedicated music recording studio in the Ngaanyatjarra region, and its programs ... of Warburton on the Ngaanyatjarra Lands ref name wilurarra.com The local art gallery exhibits ... Corporation Gateway to Arts and Culture ref Ngaanyatjarra Community College was opened in August 1996 .... Tourists and visitors need a permit from the Ngaanyatjarra Council to enter the town and use any of the highways ... australia.gov.au about australia australian story papunya tula art ref The main language spoken is Ngaanyatjarra ... persons usually resident in Warburton while Ngaanyatjarra 78.5 and Wangkatha 2.3 were the only ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Anangu Schools are schools in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara APY in the north west of South Australia . They are staffed by the South Australian Department of Education and Children s Services South Australia Department of Education and Children s Services , these staff require permits to enter and work on the APY. There are three related groups, being the Pitjantjatjara, Ngaanyatjarra, and Yankunytjatjara peoples in the Northern Territory , Western Australia and South Australia . Locations Amata, South Australia Amata Anangu School Ernabella, South Australia Ernabella Anangu School Fregon, South Australia Fregon Anangu School Indulkana, South Australia Indulkana Anangu School Kenmore Park, South Australia Kenmore Park Anangu School Mimili, South Australia Mimili Anangu School Murputja, South Australia Murputja Anangu School Pipalyatjara, South Australia Pipalyatjara Anangu School Watarru, South Australia Watarru Anangu School Other remote Aboriginal schools Oak Valley, South Australia Oak Valley Aboriginal School Yalata, South Australia Yalata Aboriginal School coord missing South Australia Category Public schools in South Australia Category High schools in South Australia Category Indigenous Australian education Category Aborigines in South Australia Australia school stub ... more details
Use dmy dates date April 2012 Use Australian English date April 2012 File PY Air Aboriginal Air Services Embraer EMB 110 Vabre.jpg thumb Engineless EMB 110 of PY Air at Essendon Airport Aboriginal Air Services was an umbrella company of 4 distinct airlines owned by the Australian Aborigines Aboriginal people of Australia . The four companies gradually came together as a consortium over the nearly twenty years 20 years. ref http web.archive.org web 20080501162915 http www.acr.net.au tony AboriginalAir.html Aboriginal Air Services Bot generated title ref These four separately owned entities have come together over the past 20 years to form this consortium, now known as Aboriginal Air Services. This service is fully owned by the Aboriginal people. The consortium is no longer operating. ref http www.theage.com.au news Business Aboriginal Air Services to close 2006 09 15 1157827152268.html ref Airlines Ngaanyatjarra Airfor Western Australia Western Australia Ngurrajuta Air Northern Territories Janami Air Northern Territories , from the Warlpiri tribe PY Air Southern Territories References reflist External links commons category Aboriginal Air Services Portal Aviation Airlines of Australia Aviation lists Category Defunct airlines of Australia Australia company stub Oceania airline stub ... more details
italic title taxobox name Hannafordia image image caption regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Malvales familia Malvaceae subfamilia Byttnerioideae tribus Lasiopetaleae genus Hannafordia genus authority F.Muell. subdivision ranks Species subdivision See text. Hannafordia is a genus of flowering plant s native to Australia ref name WA FloraBase name Hannafordia id 21777 ref Species include ref name APNI cite web url http www.anbg.gov.au cgi bin apni?TAXON NAME HANNAFORDIA title Hannafordia accessdate 2008 01 31 work Australian Plant Name Index APNI , IBIS database publisher Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra ref Hannafordia bissillii small F.Muell. small &ndash Grey Felt bush or Tjirin tjirinpa Ngaanyatjarra language Hannafordia quadrivalvis small F.Muell. small Hannafordia shanesii small F.Muell. small References reflist Category Malvales of Australia Category Byttnerioideae Category Eudicot genera Australia rosid stub Malvales stub es Hannafordia pt Hannafordia ... more details
Jigalong Martu Wangka Jigalong Community, Western Australia Jigalong Community Ngaanyatjarra language Ngaanyatjarra near Warburton, WA Ngaatjatjarra language Ngaatjatjarra near Warburton, WA Pintupi ... show language.asp?code ntj Ethnologue report on Ngaanyatjarra http www.ethnologue.com ... more details
Infobox Australian Place type town name Wingellina state wa image caption lga Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku latd 26.07 longd 128.93 pushpin label position left postcode est pop 155 elevation maxtemp mintemp rainfall stategov Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie fedgov Division of O Connor O Connor dist1 1700 dir1 North East location1 Perth, Western Australia Perth dist2 236 dir2 East location2 Warburton, Western Australia Warburton dist3 dir3 location3 coord 26.07 128.93 type city 1000 region AU WA scale 50000 format dms display title Wingellina or Irrunytju Community is a small Indigenous Australian community in Western Australia located about convert 1700 km mi 0 east of Perth, Western Australia Perth near the Western Australian South Australian border in the Goldfields Esperance region of Western Australia. Surrounded by large granite hills with mulga and mallee country, the community maintains many traditional activities such as hunting and gathering bushfood bush tucker as well as making many carved wooden artefacts. ref cite web url http www.tjulyuru.com comm.asp TJIRRKARLI title The Ngaanyatjarra People year 2009 accessdate 2011 01 27 ref The community is situated 12km South West from the Surveyor Generals Corner near the NT SA WA border in the Gibson Desert Gibson and Great Victoria desert s. ref cite web url http www.tjulyuru.com wingellina.asp title Wingellina Community details year 2009 accessdate 2011 01 27 ref References reflist Towns Goldfields Esperance WA Category Goldfields Esperance Category Aboriginal communities in Western Australia ... more details
Misi , Elma Kris , Matthew Doyle composer Matthew Doyle , Don Nindihirribala , Ngaanyatjarra , Pitjantjatjarra ... Page, Ngaanyatjarra, Pitjantjatjarra & Yankunytjatjara Women & Doonooch Dance Co Fire &mdash composed ... more details
, Yankunytjatjara and Ngaanyatjarra peoples, communities and organisations http web.archive.org ... 949659 64 9 Glass, Amee and Dorothy Hackett. 2003 . Ngaanyatjarra & Ngaatjatjarra to English Dictionary ... more details
of the Aboriginal run Ngaanyatjarra Bible Project. The Language Department provided oversight of Bible ... last Douglas first Wilfrid title Wangka 1 5. A set of primers in the Ngaanyatjarra language year ... more details
Use dmy dates date July 2011 Use Australian English date July 2011 Infobox TV channel name ICTV Commented out because image was deleted logofile ictv.gif logosize 120px logoalt Indigenous Community Television Logo launch 2002 picture format 576i Standard definition television SDTV owner Imparja Television Pty Ltd slogan Showing Our Way replaced by National Indigenous Television NITV web http www.ictv.net.au ictv.net.au broadcast area Central Australia , br Remote Tasmania , br Norfolk Island sat serv 1 Optus Optus C1 sat chan 1 Transponder 6 sat serv 2 Optus Optus D1 sat chan 2 Transponder 15 Indigenous Community Television , or ICTV , is a satellite television service that broadcasts television programs produced by, and for, indigenous people in remote communities around Australia . Programs are contributed regularly by Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Media, Pilbara and Kimberley Aboriginal Media, Warlpiri Media and Ngaanyatjarra Media. From 2002 to 2007 these were uplinked by Imparja Television on their Optus C1 satellite channel 31, while from 2009 onwards they have been uplinked by Westlink . The service has been rebroadcast by terrestrial transmitters in many remote communities. TOC History ICTV Limited was founded in 2001. In 2002 it began to broadcast as part of the Imparja Info Channel . This was a community TV style channel run by Imparja , screening predominantly local indigenous programmes ICTV and Bushvision . Many remote indigenous communities in central and north eastern Australia had analog terrestrial repeaters for this service, which utilised community licences. This service, available using a satellite receivers anywhere in Australia and also retransmitted in many BRACS Broadcasting for Remote Aboriginal Communities Scheme communities in Western and Central Australia, ceased on 12 July 2007 in order to make way for the National Indigenous Television NITV service. ICTV Limited however continued to operate. In April 2009, it launched an online video s ... more details
Use dmy dates date September 2011 Use Australian English date September 2011 The Western Desert cultural bloc or just Western Desert is a cultural region in Australia covering about 600,000 square kilometres, including the Gibson Desert , the Great Victoria Desert Dubious date December 2011 , the Great Sandy Desert Great Sandy and Little Sandy Desert Little Sandy Deserts in the Northern Territory , South Australia and Western Australia . The Western Desert can be said to stretch from the Nullarbor in the south to the Kimberley region of Western Australia Kimberley in the north, and from the Percival Lakes in the west through to the Pintupi lands in the Northern Territory . This term is often used by anthropologists and linguists when discussing the 40 or so Aboriginal groups that live there, who speak dialects of one language, often called the Western Desert language . Apart from the Canning Stock Route and the Rabbit proof fence , white contact with this part of Australia was very rare, up until the 1960s blockquote No one had been out there. The desert, as far as the Department WA Dept of Suppy was concerned... was an unknown, as it was to the whole of Western Australia. The Warburton, Western Australia Warburton Ranges were as far as anybody got. People in those days knew absolutely nothing about Aborigines. ref Terry Long, Native Patrol Officer employed by Weapons Research Establishment WRE to help clear the desert beneath the trajectory of the Blue Streak missile , quoted in Davenport et al., below. ref blockquote Dialect groups Antekarinja Kukatja Luritja Mandjildjara Martu Indigenous Australian Martu Ngaatjatjarra Ngaanyatjarra Nyanganyatjarra Pitjantjatjara language Pitjantjatjara Pintupi Spinifex people Wangai Wongatha Yankunytjatjara References reflist Further reading Ronald Berndt Berndt, Ronald M. 1959 . The concept of The Tribe in the Western Desert of Australia , Oceania, 30 2 81 107. Davenport, S, Johnson, P and Yuwali, Cleared Out First Contact in th ... more details
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