The Wire

What happens when people living a traditional desert existence first come across white society and 20th century technology? What would they make of aeroplanes, trucks, bulldozers, Land rovers? How about hats? Annie Hastwell spoke with authors SUE DAVENPORT and PETER JOHNSON about Cleared Out, a book detailing the story of a small group of Martu women and children, whose first encounter with white people took place only forty years ago.