Gibson detail
LocationWestern Australia
Area156,000 km2
ContinentAustralia
TypeSubtropical
About Gibson detail
The last Aboriginal people to make contact with modern civilization emerged from here in 1984. The Pintupi Nine had no knowledge of white people. They walked out of the desert and into Kiwirrkurra community.
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