Great Victoria Desert

Ernest Giles became the first European to cross the Great Victoria Desert in 1875.

The Great Victoria Desert is the largest desert in Australia, covering an area of 348,750 km2.

The majority of people living in the Great Victoria Desert region are Indigenous Australians from different groups.

The desert is home to the vulnerable great desert skink and the endangered sandhill dunnart.

31% of the Great Victoria Desert is in protected areas, including Mamungari Conservation Park.