The type specimen of Acacia balsamea was collected on Mount William Lambert, east of Wiluna along the Gunbarrel Highway.
The last residents of this desert to live a traditional nomadic lifestyle were the Pintupi Nine, who were first contacted in 1984 when they walked into the town of Waberton. The type specimen of Acacia balsamea was collected on Mount William Lambert, east of Wiluna along the Gunbarrel Highway. The highway provides access to the nature reserve named after this desert, a stronghold of the dalgyte, or greater bilby. It is named after a (*) man who disappeared into it on the Ernest Giles expedition of 1874. For 15 points, name this desert found between  the Great Sandy and Great Victoria Deserts in east-central Western Australia.
The last residents of this desert to live a traditional nomadic lifestyle were the Pintupi Nine, who were first contacted in 1984 when they walked into the town of Waberton.
{Gibson} Desert