The
Pintupi Nine were a group of nine
Pintupi people who lived a traditional
hunter-gatherer desert-dwelling life in Australia's
Gibson Desert until 1984, when they made contact with their relatives near
Kiwirrkurra. They are sometimes also referred to as "the lost tribe". The group were hailed as "the last nomads" in the international press when they left their nomadic life in October 1984.