The Day The Pintupi Nine Entered The Modern World

"In 1984 a group of Australian Aboriginal people living a traditional nomadic life were encountered in the heart of the Gibson desert in Western Australia. They had been unaware of the arrival of Europeans on the continent, let alone cars - or even clothes."

In the 1950s when the British began conducting missile tests over the Western Desert region, the Australian government rounded up the desert nomads and resettled them. Somehow this family was overlooked.

Read their fascinating story at BBC News 

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