The Nagara, also written Nakara, are 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
Arnhem Land
Arnhem Land is a historical region of the Northern Territory of Australia, with the term still in use. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around from the territory capital, Darwin. In 1623, Dutch East India Compan ...
in the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
.
Country
The Nagara owned roughly 200 sq.miles of tribal grounds around Boucaut Bay, and a stretch of territory southwest of the
Blyth River Blyth may refer to:
People
* Blyth (surname)
* Blythe (given name)
Places Australia
* Blyth, South Australia, a small town
Canada
* Blyth, Ontario, a village
United Kingdom
* Blyth, Northumberland, a town
** Blyth Valley (UK Parliament cons ...
. Their inland extension went as far as the
Tomkinson River and its mouth.
History
Faced with extinction the surviving members of the
Gadjalivia
The Gadjalivia were an indigenous Australian people of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. They are now regarded as extinct.
Language
Arthur Capell classified the Gadjalivia language (Gudjälavia) as a dialect of Burarra.
Country
Norman Tind ...
melted into the Nagara in recent times, with the result that the latter took over the traditional lands associated with the former tribe.
Alternative names
* ''Naka:ra''
* ''Nakara''
* ''Ngara''
* ''Na'kara''
* ''Nakkara''
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Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory
Arnhem Land