Tangara (1960) is a novel for children by Australian author Nan Chauncy, illustrated by Brian Wildsmith.
[2] A young girl, Lexie, finds a necklace which belonged to her great-great Aunt Rita.
This leads to a friendship with Merrina, and Lexie comes to learn of the treatment of Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
"I first read this story about the friendship between two Tasmanian children - one white, one black - when I was 10 years old.
The descriptions of the landscape and the magical feel to the story helped me see my new country as a place with imaginative and spiritual meaning.