Wik Epa
The Wik Epa, also spelt Wikepa, are an
Aboriginal Australian people, one of the Wik peoples of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland
.
Languages
Wikmean clan.[1]
Country
The Wikepa were a small group associated with the land, estimated at 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
References
- ^ a b Sutton 1979, p. 37.
- ^ a b c Tindale 1974, p. 189.
Sources
- "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
- JSTOR 40327744.
- JSTOR 40327867.
- Sutton, Peter (1979). Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Queensland.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.