In 1999 a young American dumped his bicycle and walked out into the Great Sandy Desert. Why was he willing to risk his life, ...

People Braved Australia’s Western Desert Roughly 45,000 Years Ago Newly dated artifacts from a rock shelter show humans were in the inhospitable Little Sandy Desert at least 10,000 years earlier ...

Two generations ago Sir Charles Court shocked the people of the Western Desert by turning their home into one of Australia’s largest national parks. The Martu had always believed the land was ...

New evidence shows that people have lived inland in Western Australia for more than 50,000 years. That's 10,000 years earlier than previously known for Australian deserts.

We’re 10km north-west of Tjuntjuntjara, Western Australia, arguably the most remote community in the nation. The nearest town of note is Kalgoorlie, 570km to the south-west. For the Spinifex People, ...

Using satellite imagery to evaluate precontact Aboriginal foraging habitats in the Australian Western Desert. Scientific Reports , 2021; 11 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89642-1 Cite This Page : ...

THE BREATHTAKING LANDSCAPES of Australia’s vast Western Desert have been drawing Ken McGregor, a Melbourne art consultant, to the region for almost 30 years. His passion for aboriginal art brought him ...

Two generations ago Sir Charles Court shocked the people of the Western Desert by turning their home into one of Australia’s largest national parks. The Martu had always believed the land was ...

Morgan Hitchcock from Western Desert Dialysis does not mince words on why his organisation is so badly needed in Central Australia. "This is the kidney disease capital of the world and Aboriginal ...

DURING our current genetic study of the Australian Aborigine of the Western Desert of Western Australia, we have been able to determine the blood groups of a small sample of people living on the ...

Western Desert Martu people call the fairy circle pavements linyji and the fat-rich flying termites Warturnuma. We learned that the hard surfaces of linyji are used to thresh seed and flying ...