Wik Ompom

The Wikampama (Wik Ompom) were an indigenous Australian people of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland.

See also: Wik Ompom language

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. 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.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)
    • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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