Wiknatanja Explained

The Wiknatanja, also spelt Wik Ngathanya, are an Aboriginal Australian people, one of the Wik peoples of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.

Languages

Wiknatanja was one of the Wik languages.

Country

Norman Tindale estimated Wiknatanja lands to encompass some 300mi2 on the coast around mouths of the Kendall River.

Alternative names

Alternative names and spellings, according to Tindale, included:

• Wik-Ngartona
• Wik-Natan
• Wik-ngatona

References

Sources

• Web site: AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia . 14 May 2024 . . .
• Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland . McConnel . Ursula H. . Ursula McConnel . . 10 . 1 . 54–72 . September 1939 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00256.x . 40327744 .
• Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued) . McConnel . Ursula H. . Ursula McConnel . . 10 . 4 . 434–455 . June 1940 . 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00305.x . 40327867 .
• PhD thesis. Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia . Sutton . Peter . Peter Sutton (anthropologist) . 1979 . .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Wiknatanja (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/wiknatanja.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .