Wik-Kalkan

The 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.
• 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.
• Thomson, D. F. (1946). "Names and Naming in the Wik Mongkan". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute . 76 (2): 157–168. JSTOR   2844514.
• 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.