papunya history

By stantone
  • White people arrived

    White people arrived

    the white people were spotted and the indigenous people thought the white people were devils because of the colour of there skin.
  • Overland telegraph line began

    Overland telegraph line began

    while the pastoralists were talking the land, other white men arrived to build the overland telegraph line up Stuart's track, from Adelaide to Darwin.

  • sheep, cattle and fences

    Anangu (indigenous people of central Australia) began to see cattle, sheep and fences.

  • the aboriginals began to find it harder to get bush tucker

    their hard hooves hurt the soft land and trampled down many of bush tucker plants. the balance of nature was broken
  • The planes came

    The planes came

    The plane was circling around, everyone hid behind the rocks and trees then all the kids lined up to get given clothes and flour.