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