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 Wentworth MacCallum Mungo Wentworth MacCallum Mungo Wentworth MacCallum (born 21 December 1941) is an Australian political journalist and commentator. He is the son of Mungo Ballardie MacCallum (1913–99), a journalist and pioneer of television in Australia, and Diana Wentworth, a great-granddaughter of the Australian explorer and politician William Charles Wentworth (1790–1872). MacCallum's father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather were also called Mungo MacCallum. He is a nephew of William Charles Wentworth IV (1907–2003), who was a Liberal member of the House of Representatives (1949–77) and a virulent anti-communist. MacCallum and his uncle, while agreeing on certain questions, were fundamentally of different political inclinations.