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The trade and Dreaming routes so far mentioned, and the actual tracks employed by people
during nomadism and migrations, of which JolmsIon’s 1941 paper reports a significant
number for the south-eastern part of the Western Desert, unsurprisingly overlap, and we can
now summarise these within simple geographic patterns. The network connections below
reflect movements of goods and people, Dreaming tracks, and the diflhsion of sections.“

1. From Ooldea
a. to the Warburton/Rawlinson Ranges, then routes 2 and 4;
b. another route goes along the northern edge of the Nullarbor westwards, joining the end
of route 43.
2. From the Rawlinson Ranges
a. to Kintore Yumari area northwards, into the area of Balgo and then northwards into
the Kimberleys;
b. another route goes from the Rawlinson Ranges eastwards to the Musgrave Ranges, and
then back south towards Ooldea.
3. From the Rawlinson Ranges to the Warburton Ranges westwards. On the way, from Lake
Christopher northwards to the area of Jupiter Well and the Canning Stock Route,
a. then north-eastwards to the area of Balgo and joining route 2a,
b. and from Jupiter Well westwards to Lake Disappointment and to the Pilbara coast.
4. From the Warburton Ranges westwards and south—westwards to the area of Laverton.
a. from Laverton south-westwards, joining route lb.
b. fiom Laverton north and north-westwards as far as Lake Disappointment Jigalong
area. From there, north-westwards to the Pilbara and coast.
5. From the Pilbara, northwards into the Kimberleys.

These general routes should not be understood as the only ways through which people,
goods and ideas moved through the Western Desert, but they reflect the most important and
significant ones. The Western Desert resembles a spider web of connections and routes, and
the elements mentioned above constitute only its skeleton.

5‘ Ihave chosen a southeast to north-west direction in the list of routes below. Obviously, these routes function in
both ways, and could identically start in the Pilbana/Kimberley area and progress south—eastwarrds to the Nullarhor.