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Latitude
-25.409167
Longitude
120.955556
Start Date
-25000
End Date
-15000

Description

Yiwarra Kuju (Canning Stock Route, was an ancient journey way. They were still using the journey way in the 1900s when they first encountered European people who were constructing the rabbit proof fence and the Canning Stock Route. The rabbit proof fence had a hut and a water source approximately every 45 miles. For a Martu perspective on the loss of lands read Davenport, Sue, Johnson, Peter, “Yuwali Cleared Out First Contact in the Western Desert”, Aboriginal Studies Press, Australia, 2005. 

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tc2160