Wik Elken

The Wik Elken (Wik-Kalkan), or Wik-Ngatharr, were an indigenous Australian people, one of the Wik tribes of the Cape York Peninsula of the state of Queensland.

Language

The Wik-Kalkan language belonged to the Wik language group.

Country

The Wik-Kalkan lay north of the Wikepa, along the coast north of Cape Keerweer, and, according to Norman Tindale had tribal lands of approximately 300 square miles (780 km2) in extent.[1]

People

The Wik-Kalkan has been described under the name of Wikngatara by Ursula McConnel in various papers. This term actually was a language name, rarther than an ethnonym, and signified 'my language'. McConnel realized her error shortly before her death, and notified Tindale of the oversight.[1]

Alternative names
  • Wik-ngatara, (erroneous term)
  • Wik Alkän.
  • Wikkalkin.
  • Wik-nätara.
  • Algan.
  • Ngadara.[1]

Notes

    Citations
    1. Tindale 1974, p. 189.

    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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • McConnel, Ursula H. (June 1940). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued)". Oceania. 10 (4): 434–455. JSTOR 40327867.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Sutton, Peter (1979). Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Queensland.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Thomson, D. F. (1946). "Names and Naming in the Wik Mongkan". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 76 (2): 157–168. JSTOR 2844514.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Wik-kalkan(QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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