The Nagara, also written Nakara, are an
indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, or recognised membership of, the various ethnic groups living within the territory of contemporary Australia prior to History of Australia (1788–1850), British colonisation. The ...
people of
Arnhem Land
Arnhem Land is a historical region of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around from the territorial capital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin. In 1623, Dutch East India Compa ...
in the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
. They speak the
Nakkara language.
Country
The Nagara owned roughly 200 sq.miles of tribal grounds around Boucaut Bay, and a stretch of territory southwest of the
Blyth River. Their inland extension went as far as the
Tomkinson River and its mouth.
History
Faced with extinction the surviving members of the
Gadjalivia 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