Their boundary with Barngarla lands is marked by an ecological transition from their plateau to the lower hilly acacia scrubland and salt lake zones running south to the coast.
[1] The tribes bordering on Kokatha lands were, running north clockwise, the Pitjantjara, the Yankuntjatjarra, the Antakirinja, the Arabana and Kuyani to their east, the Barngarla on the southeastern flank, the Wirangu directly south, the Mirning southwest, and the Ngalia to their west.
[4] One story transmitted in Kokatha oral lore concerns a celestial hunter, Nyeeruna, who lusts after and pursues the Yugarilya sisters, who resist his bold advances, protected by the eldest one, the taunting Kambugudha.
[5] Recently the astronomer Duane Hamacher has advanced the hypothesis that the narrative encodes star-lore, and that the story can be read as a description of the nature of the configuration of stars around Orion, whose name likewise comes from a Greek hunter.
[3]As of 2020[update], there have been three native title determinations relating to the Kokatha in South Australia:[8][9] An ILUA covers the precise description of the area of land,[15] which is described as "about 30,372 km2 (11,727 sq mi) extending approx.
Other Aboriginal Australian rock art exists throughout the area, including at Lake Hart, portraying, among other things, footprints which match the Genyornis, a giant bird that went extinct thousands of years ago.