The last of the Nomads

Willem ,
I have been told that the guys that organised it , just took him along for the ride , but he got all the credit for doing nothing - because he wrote the book - but I guess we must be thankful to him for that .
Willie .

What a pity that now due to native title issues we are no longer alowed to go anywhere near the route of the Peasly expidition, although I think that the Warri site can still be accesed from the Eagle Hwy.

Regards Ken.

Willem

I agree with everything you say. We pay little regard to the rich history of this country.Too much hurry and not enough appreciation.

Regards

Kim

g'day willem,

i agree the last of the nomads is a interesting read. have you read bill peasleys other book,"in the hands of providence" all about the david carnegie expedition in 1896?
i went out last year to give bill and his mate a hand to show some italian botanists around the great sandy desert to collect plant species[they had permits].
we done a lot of off-track work,visited stansmores grave on margaret river station,shiddi pool,mount cornish,almost to mt rosumund but scrub got too thick.
also found a rockhole south-east of point massie that carnegie had visited [i think equinox had previously tried to find this on their quad bike trip]. bill had an old photo of carnegie and the camels at the hole and the surroundings still look much the same.
love to get out that way again, cheers sparra.

Yep, great book and a great read.Still wonder if they may have been happier to be left out in THEIR country.
If only everyone loved the land like they did.

Hi Willem et al, been caught up in the usual humdrum so I have only checked out the site irregularly of late.

Willem hope you are well and the troopy is going strong.

FWIW there is a video available, that he mentions the making of in the book. It is very good and extremely interesting to see particularly after you have read the book.

As for the issues about who's expedition, who cares? If he was along for the ride so what, he was the one to scribe it and from the video etc I haven't seen anywhere as His expedition. From memory "a group of like minded people trying to help out Mudjara."

The other issue about wether they should have been left out "there" is a mere romantic notion. Put yourself in their shoes - death or see family then die. Any normal person would certainly want to see their family, especially considering their dire circumstances and the news that their transgressions were all forgiven.

Another point is that as fearful as Warrie and Yatungka were, they didn't try to stop or get out of the vehicles, they suffered the ride.

I have spoken to people who came "out" from the bush as children and I have put the question to them, all have said they would have chosen family.

A very moving story. Also look for the Kintore Lost Tribe or Pintubi Nine @ 1984,

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pintupi_Nine

There is a video, Benny and the Dreamers, CAAMA. I've only seen the last part and I remember the main issue was the Return To Outstations Movement but apparantly the first/main issues are the Lost Tribe.

There are heaps of stories about people still living traditionally in the Western Deserts, personaly as much as people swear that they are eyewitnesses and as vast as the areas are, I think the notion is as romantic as Warrie and Yatungka wanted to be left out "there".

Regards,

Hi All

Just a question gentlemen, how did the above people end up? did they end up
getting the white mans diseases ect. like a lot of other nomads that were
introduced to our way of life.

Cheers
Daza