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In 2014, the
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Karnatukul (Serpent's Glen) has provided evidence for the human occupation of the Australian Western Desert to before 47,830 cal. BP (modelled median age). This new sequence is 20,000 years older than the previous known age for occupation at this
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Australian story combines the memories of a last aboriginal nomad with a history and geography of the Little Sandy Desert... Dadina Georgina Brown was born in that desert, but outside the bounds of her Mandilara aboriginal
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There are many reptiles and birds species, but many small- to medium-sized mammals have gone extinct, and many are threatened. There have been 103 bird species recorded in the
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1104:"Custodians open up Carnarvon Range"
930:"History of the Canning Stock Route"
544:The Little Sandy Desert (LSD) is an
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978:Van Etten, Eddie John (June 2020).
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1039:Australian Journal of Zoology
332:Carnarvon Range, aka Katjarra
204:The desert is crossed by the
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1343:McDonald, Jo (2 July 2020).
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1969:Tasmanian Central Highlands
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2107:List of deserts by area
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1924:South Eastern Highlands
1789:Indian Tropical Islands
1689:Darling Riverine Plains
851:Deserts & Savannahs
819:Hercock, Marion (2009)
801:List of deserts by area
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1609:Brigalow Belt South
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2009:Victorian Midlands
2004:Victoria Bonaparte
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1759:Great Sandy Desert
1709:Einasleigh Uplands
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