Tharrkari

The Tharrkari, also referred to as the Targari, are an indigenous Australian tribe of Western Australia.

Country

The Tharrkari's traditional lands were calculated by Norman Tindale to have covered from 3,200 square miles (8,300 km²), including the coastal plain south of the Lyndon River and Lyndon Station, to west of Round Hill, and running east as far as Hill Springs and the headwaters of the Minilya River. Their southern boundary was around Middalya, Moogooree, and the Kennedy Range.[1] Their eastern border was with the Wariangga and the Malgaru.

History of contact

With the advent of white colonization and pressures from coastal development, the Tharrkari are said to have migrated eastwards to the Lyons River.[1]

Alternative names

• Tarugar.
• Dargari.
• Tarkari, Tarkarri.
• Dalgari, Tarlgarri.[1]

Notes

Citations

1. Tindale 1974, p. 257.

Sources

• "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
• "Tindale Tribal Boundaries" (PDF). Department of Aboriginal Affairs, Western Australia. September 2016.
• Austin, Peter (1988). Aboriginal languages of the Gascoyne-Ashburton region. Volume 1. La Trobe Workjng Papers in Linguistics. pp. 43–63.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Klokeid, Terry J. (1969). Thargari phonology and morphology. Australian National University.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Targari (WA)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)