Kalkarindji

History

Kalkarindji and the nearby settlement of Daguragu are the population centres of the land formerly held under the Wave Hill Cattle Station. In 1966, the Aboriginal station workers, led by Vincent Lingiari, staged the Gurindji strike, also known as the Wave Hill Walk Off, in protest against oppressive labour practices and land dispossession. A portion of land was returned to the Gurindji people in by UK-based station owners, the Vestey Group, after negotiations by the Whitlam government in 1975. Kalkarindji reportedly began in 1972 as the "Wave Hill Aboriginal Township". Kalkaringi was within a gazetted township area, with the land being leasehold under the auspices of the Northern Territory Government. The existing boundaries and name were gazetted by the Northern Territory Government under the Place Names Act on 4 April 2007.

Most-observed species

• Jerusalem thorn, Mexican palo verde, Parkinsonia, Jelly bean tree, Barbados flowerfence, Horse-bean, Retaima

  Parkinsonia aculeata L. · Magnoliopsida
  1,059
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  41
• Budgerigar

  Melopsittacus undulatus (Shaw, 1805) · Aves
  40
• Peaceful Dove

  Geopelia placida Gould, 1844 · Aves
  36
• Zebra Finch

  Taeniopygia guttata (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  34
• Black Kite

  Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) · Aves
  34
• Brown Honeyeater

  Lichmera indistincta (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) · Aves
  33
• Black-faced Woodswallow

  Artamus cinereus Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
  30