The Gaari were an

indigenous Australian Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...

people of the Northern territory, who lived on a small island in the Arafura Sea.

Language

The Gaari language is believed to have differed only slightly from Mawng.

Country

The Gaari's traditional land, including reefs offshore, comprised the 20 sq. miles, predominantly the area of Grant Island close to the near

Goulburn Islands The Goulburn Islands are a group of small islands and islets in the Arafura Sea off the coast of Arnhem Land in Northern Territory of Australia. The largest islands are Weyirra (North Goulburn Island) and Warruwi (South Goulburn Island), where t ...

and 10 miles north of Cape Cockburn. The native name of the island is ''Wuru:ldja''. It may be a lapsus calami but Tindale elsewhere places them on

Howard Island Howard Island is an island in the Arafura Sea, Northern Territory, Australia. It belongs to East Arnhem Region, and is evenly divided between ''Gumurr Gatjirrk Ward'' in the west and ''Gumurr Marthakal Ward'' in the east. The only settlements ...

People

The Gaari are registered by Norman Tindale as a separate tribe, but he notes that they may possibly have been a

horde Horde may refer to: History * Orda (organization), a historic sociopolitical and military structure in steppe nomad cultures such as the Turks and Mongols ** Golden Horde, a Turkic-Mongol state established in the 1240s ** Wings of the Golden Hord ...

of the Mawng.

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* * {{Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory