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The last 'first contact' with a group of Australian Aboriginals was made in 1984. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/lost-tribe-happy-in-modern-world/st
by goatforce5 14y ago
The last 'first contact' with a group of Australian Aboriginals was made in 1984.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/lost-tribe-happy-in-modern-world/story-e6frf7l6-1111112932308 http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/lost-tribe-happy-i...
I had heard a version of that story where the brother who returned to the traditional life was believed to still be out roaming the desert, and if they saw smoke in the distance they knew it to be him but they'd stay away and leave him be.
That version of the story also had someone explained the terror of seeing a motor vehicle for the first time, followed by (relatively) fat people coming out - believed to be cannibals (how else could you get so fat?) - and their first sighting of a white man. That's quite a lot to take in over a few minutes.
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