Wikampama

The Wikampama were an indigenous Australian people of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland.

Country

The Wikampama are said to have had 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2) of land around the Middle Archer River, extending northwards to the Watson River.[1]

Alternative names

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 Tindale 1974, p. 188.

    Sources

    • "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
    • McConnel, Ursula H. (September 1939). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland". Oceania. 10 (1): 54–72. JSTOR 40327744.
    • McConnel, Ursula H. (June 1940). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued)". Oceania. 10 (4): 434–455. 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.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.