My mother's uncle, so my Great Uncle Jack was mining on the Tanami track back in 1910, and was reportedly killed by local aborigines. At the time a local policeman sent a report, and a map of where the incident took place, and where the grave was. My parents visited, and with permission from the local native people, and assistance from a geologist from the mine, were able to find his grave and leave a plaque there.
There is a gold mine there now, that is the second largest underground mine in Australian, owned by Newmont.