Aboriginal Romeo and Juliet survive 40 years in the bush ; WORLD

From: The Independent - London | Date: May 8, 2007| Author: Kathy Marks | Copyright information

They were an Aboriginal Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers who eloped into the desert because tribal law forbade them from marrying. And for 40 years they roamed, living off kangaroo meat and bush fruit, happy with their own company and the red landscape.

Warri and Yatungka were perhaps Australia's last nomads, leading a traditional lifestyle long after their Mandildjara tribe gravitated to urban settlements. They abandoned the desert only in 1977, when a severe drought dried up th...

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