Wik Epa

The Wikepa are an indigenous Australian people, one of the Wik tribes of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.

Languages

Wikepa (Wik-Epa) was one of the Wik languages. According to Peter Sutton, Wikepa/wikiita was used by an older generation of Cape Keerweer people to denote the dialect employed by two clans in the area of the middle Kirke River, and bore the strongest similarities to those spoken by the Wikmean clan.[1]

Country

The Wikepa were a small tribe associated with the land, estimated at around by 300 square miles (780 km2), around Cape Keerweer.[2]

People

The Wikepa were close to extinction by the post-war period, with only a small number known to be dwelling at an Aurukun mission in 1958.[2]

Alternative names

Notes

    Citations
    1. Sutton 1979, p. 37.
    2. Tindale 1974, p. 189.

    Sources
    • "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
    • McConnel, Ursula H. (September 1939). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland". Oceania. 10 (1): 54–72. JSTOR 40327744.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • McConnel, Ursula H. (June 1940). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued)". Oceania. 10 (4): 434–455. JSTOR 40327867.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Sutton, Peter (1979). Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Queensland.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Wikepa (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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