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The Wikampama, also known as Wik Ompom, are an Aboriginal Australian people of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland.
Country
According to Norman Tindale, the Wikampama occupied around 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2) of land around the Middle Archer River, extending northwards to the Watson River. [1]
Alternative names
Alternative names included, according to Tindale: [1]
- Kokiala ( toponym for a creek)
- Kokala
References
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 188.
Sources
- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS. 28 July 2023.
- McConnel, Ursula H. (September 1939). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland". Oceania. 10 (1): 54–72. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00256.x. JSTOR 40327744.
- McConnel, Ursula H. (June 1940). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued)". Oceania. 10 (4): 434–455. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00305.x. JSTOR 40327867.
- Sutton, Peter (1979). Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Queensland.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Wikampama (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
(Redirected from
Wikampama)
The Wikampama, also known as Wik Ompom, are an Aboriginal Australian people of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland.
Country
According to Norman Tindale, the Wikampama occupied around 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2) of land around the Middle Archer River, extending northwards to the Watson River. [1]
Alternative names
Alternative names included, according to Tindale: [1]
- Kokiala ( toponym for a creek)
- Kokala
References
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 188.
Sources
- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS. 28 July 2023.
- McConnel, Ursula H. (September 1939). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland". Oceania. 10 (1): 54–72. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00256.x. JSTOR 40327744.
- McConnel, Ursula H. (June 1940). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued)". Oceania. 10 (4): 434–455. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00305.x. JSTOR 40327867.
- Sutton, Peter (1979). Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Queensland.
- Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Wikampama (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.