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In 1929, Cecil Madigan named the Simpson Desert after Allen Simpson, who was a major sponsor of his desert studies, and the President of the Royal Geographical Society in Adelaide. Prior to this, the desert was named the Arunta Desert after the Arrente aboriginal tribe who dwelt there, and was colloquially known as the "Great Ribbed Desert" because of the ribbed patterns of the sand dunes. It was originally discovered by Captain Charles Sturt in 1844.

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