Pila Nguru: The Spinifex People

The People of the Sun and Shadow are the Spinifex People. The duality reflects their association with the land, defines their kinship and is the backbone of their religion. That association with land, law and people continued, cocooned within the spinifex plains of the Western Desert, for hundreds of generations until the Spinifex People were shaken from their nomadic solitude by the atomic shock of Maralinga. It was 1952 and the Spinifex People were about to meet white Australia.

Maps: Location of the Spinifex Homelands, The Spinifex Homelands, The Geography of Spinifex Tjukurrpa, The Country of Senior Spinifex People, Indigenous Aboriginal Art. pp. 260 Illusts. SCARCE Acceptable wear to covers. Small prev. ownershop on prelim. #1118