Wik Iyanh Explained

See also: Wik Iyanh language. The Wikianji (Wik Iyanh) were an indigenous Australian tribe of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.

Country

Their territory embraced an area of some 600mi2 around the middle section of the Holroyd River.

Social structure

The Wikianji were a relatively small tribe, believed to be related to the Wik-Mungkan from whom they may have at the time of early colonial exploration just splintered off, and in the process of becoming a separate tribe.

Alternative names

• Wikianyi
• Wik-Iyena.

Notes

Citations

Sources

• 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 .
• Book: Sutton, Peter . Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia . Peter Sutton (anthropologist) . PhD thesis . 1979 . .
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Wikianji (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/wikianji.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .