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  1. Western Desert cultural bloc. The Western Desert cultural bloc (also capitalised, abbreviated to WDCB, or just Western Desert) is a cultural region in central Australia covering about 600,000 square kilometres (230,000 sq mi), used to describe a group of linguistically and culturally similar Aboriginal Australian nations.

  2. The Western Desert cultural bloc (also capitalised, abbreviated to WDCB, or just Western Desert) is a cultural region in central Australia covering about 600000km2, used to describe a group of linguistically and culturally similar Aboriginal Australian nations.

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  4. The Western Desert cultural bloc or just Western Desert is a cultural region in Australia covering about 600 000 square kilometres, including the Gibson Desert, the Great Victoria Desert, the Great Sandy Desert and Little Sandy Deserts in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. The Western Desert can be said to stretch ...

  5. Jan 1, 2011 · Western Desert as a cultural bloc. But there also is an emic, or insider’s, point of view which testifies to the accuracy o f calling 40 or more dialectal groups, scattered across some 600,000 ...

    • Laurent Dousset
  6. 89 Having defined the Western Desert as a ‘cultural bloc’, discussion then turned to pre- and post-contact history in the region and stressed how recent confrontation with the invading Europeans has been. Language was then shown to be one of the most unifying features in the cultural bloc.

    • Laurent Dousset
    • 2011
  7. Mar 19, 2024 · Ngaanyatjarra Lands: The determination, made by consent, recognises that Native Title is held by the communities that form a broad Western Desert 'cultural bloc'. These communities share similar social organisation, culture and ritual and one or two language dialects.

  8. Kids Encyclopedia Facts. The Western Desert cultural bloc or just Western Desert is a cultural region in Australia covering about 600 000 square kilometres, including the Gibson Desert, the Great Victoria Desert, the Great Sandy Desert and Little Sandy Deserts in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. The Western Desert ...

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