The Wik peoples are an Indigenous Australian group of people from an extensive zone on western Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland, speaking several different languages. They are from the coastal flood plains bounding the Gulf of Carpentaria lying between Pormpuraaw and Weipa, and inland the forested country drained by the Archer, Kendall and Holroyd rivers. The first ethnographic study of the Wik people was undertaken by the Queensland born anthropologist Ursula McConnel. Her fieldwork focused on groups gathered into the Archer River Mission at what is now known as Aurukun.
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The Kokokulunggur are an indigenous Australian people of North Queensland.
The Ajabakan were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland.
The Mutumui were an indigenous Australian people of northern Queensland.
The Walmbaria are an indigenous Australian people of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland.
The Unjadi (Unyadi) were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.
The Kokowara were an indigenous Australian people of the state of Queensland.
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The Nggamadi were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.
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