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Hunting for goannas in the Western Desert of WA - This Place

05 August 2020
Community Parnngurr
Culture and Capability
A mature Aboriginal woman dressed in top and skirt sits on red soil in amongst long grass. She holds a metal rod in her right hand.

Leah Robinson and her Martu families love to hunt sand goannas in the western desert region of WA.

Leah Robinson and her Martu families love to hunt sand goannas in the western desert region of WA. The community at Parrngurr has a special place nearby – a significant waterhole where past elders first settled and lived.  

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