Editing Simpson Desert (section)

===Aboriginal history===
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Aboriginal people have lived in the Simpson Desert for at least 5000 years and continue to do so today.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amanda |date=2012-12-03 |title=Simpson Desert Aboriginal Culture |url=https://traveloutbackaustralia.com/simpson-desert-aboriginal-culture.html/ |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Travel Outback Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref> The Lower Southern Arrernte and Eastern Arrernte communities inhabited the western regions, while the [[Karangura]] and [[Wanggamala]] resided in the east.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Munga-Thirri–Simpson Desert National Park |url=https://ehq-production-australia.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/47df2a603322d7817911d6452b39ecbfabf042f3/original/1633667266/d10fd4ab8e1c99d5265d991daaf6fddc_Draft_Munga-ThirriSimpson_Desert_National_Park_Management_Plan.pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA4KKNQAKIOR7VAOP4%2F20240717%2Fap-southeast-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240717T084355Z&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Signature=a22bf46cfffd92878fa8c6352df21aeb3ee0480f7b86dfc3d84c1f2b8f48cc10}}</ref> The [[Wangkangurru]] people lived in the Simpson Desert using hand-dug wells called ''mikiri'' from long [[History of Indigenous Australians|before European colonization]] until the [[Federation Drought]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Deacon |first1=Ben |title=An oasis rediscovered – finding the lost wells of the Simpson Desert |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-14/oasis-in-the-simpson-desert-rediscovered/11287328 |access-date=13 July 2019 |work=ABC News |date=14 July 2019 }}</ref>