Koara
The Koara people are an Aboriginal tribe living in the Kuwarra Western Desert region of Western Australia.
Country
Norman Tindale calculated that the Koara tribal lands embraced roughly 18,100 sq. miles, extending westwards from Mount Morgans and Leonora west to Mount Ida, taking in the areas of Lake Barlee, and Sandstone, and its northwestern boundary was west of Sandstone. The northern limits ran to Gidgee, Mount Sir Samuel and Lake Darlot. The eastern frontier lay around Mount Zephyr.[1][2]
Alternative Names
- Go:ara, Goara.
- Guwara.
- Konindja (exonym used by eastern tribes)
- Konindjara.
- Waula. ( 'northerners' for the Waljen).[1]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 245.
- ^ Walis 1996.
Sources
- Waalis Land Claims Mapping Unit (1996), Koara native title claim WC95/1 : current land tenure (Provisional draft, claimed interests ed.), The Unit, retrieved 19 August 2017
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- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Koara (WA)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
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