Wik Me'anh Explained

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

Country

The territory of the Wikmean consisted of an estimated 600mi2, inland from Cape Keerweer.

Language

See main article: Wikmean language.

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 . Wikmean (QLD) . Norman Tindale . 1974 . Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names . . http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/wikmean.htm . 978-0-708-10741-6 .