Wik Ompom

The Wikampama, also known as Wik Ompom, are an Aboriginal Australian people of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland.

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According to Norman Tindale, the Wikampama occupied around 1,200 square miles (3,100 km²) of land around the Middle Archer River, extending northwards to the Watson River.^[1]

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Alternative names included, according to Tindale:^[1]

Kokiala (toponym for a creek)
Kokala

References

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^ ^a ^b Tindale 1974, p. 188.

Sources

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"AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS. 28 July 2023.
McConnel, Ursula H. (September 1939). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland". Oceania. 10 (1): 54–72. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00256.x. JSTOR 40327744.
McConnel, Ursula H. (June 1940). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued)". Oceania. 10 (4): 434–455. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00305.x. JSTOR 40327867.
Sutton, Peter (1979). Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Queensland.
Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Wikampama (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.

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