Nakako Explained

See also: Nakako language.

The Nakako are an Aboriginal Australian people of Western and Southern Australia.

Country

Norman Tindale estimated the Nakako territorial domains to stretch 19000mi2, south and southwest of the Papulankutja (Blackstone Ranges). Tindale's estimates, particularly for the peoples of the Western desert, are not considered to be accurate. Tindale also states that the Nanako were present at Bell Rock Range.

History of contact

The Nakako were one of the last groups of people to come within the purview of white explorers. Their first encounter with white explorers occurred sometime around 1953 when patrol officer Walter MacDougall came across them at Woomera. After this initial encounter, they vanished, until they were rediscovered by white settlers in 1961.

Alternative names

• Nakaku, Nangako
• Nangakopitja (Pitjantjatjara exonym)
• Wanudjara

Notes

Citations

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 14 May 2024 . . .
• Web site: Tindale Tribal Boundaries . . September 2016 . .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Nakako (WA) . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . 1974 . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/nakako.htm . 20 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020206/http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/nakako.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .
• Book: Tonkinson, Robert . Local Organisation and Land Tenure in the Karlamilyi (Rudall River) Region . Western Desert Working Group . The significance of the Karlamilyi Region to the Martujarra people of the Western Desert . . 1989 . 99–259. .