They were settled at Warburton , to the north - west , with many other Ngaanyatjarra families .
In the 1950s , government patrols removed Dawson and his family from their homeland in order to escape the fallout from the nuclear tests at Maralinga .
government patrols were settled at Warburton , to the north - west , with many other Ngaanyatjarra families .
In the 1950s , government patrols removed Dawson and his family from their homeland in order to escape the fallout from the nuclear tests at Maralinga .