Lake Mungo find more evidence for the "out of Africa" theory. The rich archaeological heritage of the site is very significant to the Aboriginal Australian people from the area. The Willandra region is inhabited by the Barkindji, Nyiampaa and Mutthi Mutthi peoples, who have now entered Joint Management Agreements with the Government of New South Wales to manage the lake and the Mungo National Park. In 1972, Archaeomagnetic studies were conducted on the prehistoric aboriginal fireplaces occurring along the ancient shoreline of Lake Mungo. Magnetization preserved in oven-stones and baked hearths show that the axial dipole field moved up to 120 degrees
Great Australian Bight Marine Park Whale Sanctuary known as the Great Australian Bight Marine Park. Since late 2012, both the whale sanctuary and the national park have also been within the boundaries of the Far West Coast Marine Park. The whale sanctuary is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area. Great Australian Bight Marine Park Whale Sanctuary Great Australian Bight Marine Park Whale Sanctuary is a marine protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located immediately off the coastline of the Great Australian Bight in waters about west-northwest of the state capital of Adelaide. The whale sanctuary was originally proclaimed as a marine park