Lasseter Story by Nora Abbott
My grandfather been tell me this when we moved back to his Country round Docker River [1968]. He live there all his life. He was already husband, father. Life was good there - Petermann Ranges... Everyone camp out all the time. All naked. All live in family groups and visit each other across the country. Everywhere group come together for good hunting - Sorry Business - ceremony - celebrations... and then they go back home. They see smoke over there - know family over there, so go visit. Might camp together for overnight, or little while, then back home again. All moving around that Country [Petermann Ranges] back and forth. They follow kapi and bush foods.
They all saw Lasseter coming - past Papunya, through the lake [Salt Lake country - Lake Neale], Blood Range way.
And they been seen him, white man coming up. They bin never seen white man before. They thought he might be ghost. They were too frightened - on the camel, and Lasseter was looking at them. He was looking round for gold. He had that map, little map... Anangu, they all tell each other what they seen as he went by.
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