Nangatara facts for kids
The Nangatara are an Aboriginal Australian people. They come from Western Australia.
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The Nangatara People
The Nangatara are an important group of Aboriginal people. They have a rich history and culture. Their traditional lands are located in the vast and often dry areas of Western Australia.
Their Traditional Lands
The Nangatara people lived across a large area. Their traditional territory covered about 13,800 square miles (36,000 km2). This land was mainly northwest of the famous Canning Stock Route. It stretched between a place called Lake Wooloomber and a well known as Kuljai. The northwestern edge of their country was located halfway between the Percival Lakes and Joanna Springs.
Daily Life and Survival
Life in the Nangatara lands could be challenging, especially due to water scarcity. Water was often hard to find, available only in distant wells or special rock catchments. During times of drought, the Nangatara people would travel to Karbardi, a place south of Adverse Well, to find water. A very important part of their territory was Rama. This was a type of hard gravel plain that they called laribuka. It was a central part of their homeland.
A Look at Their Past
The Nangatara people were on the move even before they met European settlers. They were gradually moving northwards along the Canning Stock Route. This happened as another Aboriginal group, the Walmadjari people, moved away from that part of their own territory. This shows how different Aboriginal groups interacted and moved across the land.
Other Names for the Nangatara
The Nangatara people are known by several other names. Some of these names were used by other groups to describe them:
- Nangadjara
- Njangadjara
- Julbaritja (This name was used by the Njangamarda and Mangala people. It means 'southerners'.)
- Yulbari-dja
- Julbaridja
- Ilbaridja
- Nanidjara (This was a term of disrespect used by the Wanman people. Interestingly, other tribes also used this term for the Wanman people.)
- Nangi
- Mangai
- Mangi
