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White People arrive
Anangu began to see white strangers in the desert. -
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The History of Papunya
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Overland Telegraph Line begun
While the pastoralists were taking 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 and sheep and fences. -
The aboriginals began to find it harder to find bush tucker
the cattle drank the water holes dry and ate the grass that the bush animals used to eat. their hooves hurt the land and trampled down many of the bush tucker plants. The balance of nature was broken.
