Kukatja

Kukatja People of the desert region around Balgo, central-eastern WA, among the last desert nomads to experience Western influence. Although family groups of Kukatja live at several north-western settlements, the greatest concentration five at Balgo and its southern outstations. Despite Balgo's existence for 40 years as a Roman Catholic mission, ritual life has continued largely uninterrupted, and the region is recognised and widely revered as a »Law« place. Particularly during the early 1980s…