Warlpiri people

Mick Molloy here, and we've got something a little special for you today on Bizarre.

So recently I've joined Santo Cilauro and Sam Pang, including his Gold Logie, and a host of greats from the world of AFL, and we visited the remote Warlpiri community of Yuendumu, Northern Territory, as part of the Red Dust Role Model Program.

What were we doing there as role models? Well, you may ask.

What did we get up to? Another good question.

Is everyone in a good place?

It's one of the most resilient communities I've ever had the honor of being a part of.

Um, Warlpiri people are so incredibly strong.

They're so connected to their culture, and as you've all experienced, as you've experienced for so long, they're so welcoming to people.

To background these massacres, a couple things should be known.

Firstly, the Coniston Station was located near the Lander and Hanson Rivers, and had been established in the early 1920s on the land of the Walpiri, Anmairi and Kaiteti peoples.

The region had undergone significant drought since 1923, leaving little drinking water left, and causing constant conflict, with cattle spearing becoming increasingly common.

The drought mixed with the response of the pastoralists to violent needs to disperse Aboriginal Australian people they saw near their camps caused significant tension throughout 1928.