Pintupi Nine

On the death of the father – husband of the two wives[1] – the group travelled south to where they thought their relatives might be, as they had seen "smokes" in that direction.

The community members quickly realised that the group were relatives who had been left behind in the desert twenty years earlier, when many had travelled into the missions nearer Alice Springs.

[3] The Pintupi-speaking trackers told them there was plenty of food, and water that came out of pipes; Yalti has said that this concept astounded them.

[5] Warlimpirrnga, Walala and Tamlik (now known as "Thomas") have gained international recognition in the art world as the Tjapaltjarri Brothers.

[6] The three sisters, Yalti, Yikultji and Takariya, are also well-known Aboriginal artists whose works can be seen on exhibition and purchased from a number of art dealers.