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
Mungo Park Jr. Jr. learned golf from childhood. Park Sr. won three more Open Championships. His uncle also Mungo Park Sr, younger brother of Willie Park Sr., also won the Open in 1874. His brother Willie Park Jr was also an Open champion (1887 and 1889) At age 19, in 1897, he went to New York, sailing on the RMS "Teutonic", to open a branch of his brother's business but this only lasted one, or at most two, years as Mungo was advertising for a professional's position for 1898. During his time in New York, he laid out the nine hole Dutchess Golf