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Tiger Tjalkalyirri
Tiger Tjalkalyirri also known as Tiger Tjalkaljeri (c. 1906 – 2 June 1985) was a Pitjantjatjara man who was an Australian guide, elder and land-rights campaigner for his people; especially in relation to Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park. Biography Tjalkalyirri was born at Wintawata, near Amata, South Australia, Amata, in the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands. He was the second of three sons born to Kutunari and his second wife Antumara. His totem was the Nyintaka (Perentie). In the early 1920s Tjalkalyirri migrated, with several family members, to Watarrka National Park, Watarrka Country in the Northern Territory, where he had strong connections. In the mid-1920s he moved again to become a Stockman (Australia), stockman on Henbury Station; here he learned to ride horses and camels and became noted for his tracking abilities. Based on these skills he was chosen as a guide for missionaries Ernest Eugene Kramer and John He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Tjalkalyirri In 1947
The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is a large Felidae, cat and a member of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Asia. It has a powerful, muscular body with a large head and paws, a long tail and orange fur with black, mostly vertical stripes. It is traditionally classified into nine Holocene, recent subspecies, though some recognise only two subspecies, mainland Asian tigers and the island tigers of the Sunda Islands. Throughout the tiger's range, it inhabits mainly forests, from coniferous and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in the Russian Far East and Northeast China to tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests on the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The tiger is an apex predator and preys mainly on ungulates, which it takes by ambush. It lives a mostly solitary life and occupies home ranges, defending these from individuals of the same sex. The range of a male tiger overlaps with that of multiple females with whom he mates. Females give birth to usually two or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
