Koara
The Koara people, more recently spelt Kuwarra, are an Indigenous Australian people 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]
History of contact
Estimates of the pre-contact Kuwarra population range from 250 to several hundred. By 1980, aboriginals with Kuwarra descend numbered a mere 60 people.[3]
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.
- ^ Liberman 1980, p. 122.
Sources
- Liberman, Kenneth (Spring 1980). The Decline of the Kuwarra People of Australia's Western Desert: A Case Study of Legally Secured Domination. Vol. 27. Ethnohistory. pp. 119–133.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Walis 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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