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Aboriginal Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland
The Wikmean people, also spelt Wik Me'an, are an
Aboriginal Australian people, one of the
Wik peoples of the
Cape York Peninsula of northern
Queensland.
Country
The territory of the Wikmean consisted of an estimated 600 square miles (1,600 km2), inland from Cape Keerweer.
Language
References
Sources
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"AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia".
AIATSIS. 14 May 2024.
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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.
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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.
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Sutton, Peter (1979).
Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia (PDF) (PhD thesis).
University of Queensland.
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Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974).
"Wikmean (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names.
Australian National University.
ISBN
978-0-708-10741-6.