MARTU ARE FOLKS OF THE WESTERN DESERT. THEY HAVE A BIG TRACT OF LAND. THEY HAVE MANY LANGUAGE GROUPS. AND MARTU MEANS ONE PERSON.
THEIR LANGUAGE NAME HAS BEEN USED BY NON-ABORIGINIES ONLY SINCE 1980.BEFORE THIS WHITE AUTRALIANS THOUGHT THESE FOLKS WEREIN THE REMOTE PART OF AUSTRALIA. IN 1964 A SMALL CLAN OF MARTU WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT IN FROM THEIR COUNTRY TO A MISSION TO MAKE WAY FOR THE BLUE STREAK MISSILE TESTS.THE MISSILES FIRED FROM WOOMERA WERE DESIGNED TO DUMPIN TRADITIONAL MANTU COUNTRY. A DEBATE RAGED. EVEN IN THE 60'S SOME MARTU HAD NOT SEEN WHITE PEOPLE. THEY EXPERIENCED BRUTAL TREATMENTBY EUROPEANS. BY 2002 THE MARTU WERE GRANTED NATIVE TITLE TO MUCH OF THEIR COUNTRY AFTER STRUGGLING TWO DECADES.
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