Topar

Topar (1826 – ?) was an Indigenous Australian of the Barkandji people from the Menindee Lakes region of the Darling River.

As a child in 1835 he witnessed the British exploratory group led by Thomas Mitchell enter his country and kill at least three of his kin in a dispute over a kettle.

In 1844, at the age of eighteen, he volunteered to lead another explorer, Charles Sturt, into the barren region northwest of the Darling River.

Topar Hill, Topar pastoral station and the locality of Little Topar east of Broken Hill are named in his honour.