Wikatinda Explained

The Wikatinda were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland. They were one of the Wik peoples, but their language is unattested.

Country

The Wikatinda were a small tribe whose territory, estimated by Norman Tindale to embrace some 200mi2, extended from the coastal area, south from the Archer River to a distance inland of roughly 8 miles.

People

By the writing of Tindale's writing (1974) he stated that the Wikatinda were "virtually extinct".

Alternative names

• Adinda
• Wik Tinda

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Citations

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 . . September 1939 . 10 . 1 . 54–72 . 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 . . June 1940 . 10 . 4 . 434–455 . 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 . 1979 . Peter Sutton (anthropologist) . .
• Names and Naming in the Wik Mongkan . Thomson . D. F. . Donald Thomson . . 1946 . 76 . 2 . 157–168 . 2844514.
• Book: Tindale, Norman Barnett . Wikatinda (QLD) . 1974 . Norman Tindale . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/wikatinda.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6.