Wik Elken
The Wik Elken, also spelt Wik-Kalkan and also known as Wik-Ngatharr, are an Aboriginal Australian people, one of the Wik peoples of the Cape York Peninsula of the state of Queensland.
Language
[edit | edit source]The Wik-Kalkan language belonged to the Wik language group.
Country
[edit | edit source]The Wik-Kalkan lay north of the Wikepa, along the coast north of Cape Keerweer, and, according to Norman Tindale, once had tribal lands of approximately 300 square miles (780 km2) in extent.[1]
People
[edit | edit source]The Wik-Kalkan has been described under the name of "Wikngatara" by Ursula McConnel in various papers. This term actually was a language name, rather than an ethnonym, and signified "my language". McConnel realised her error shortly before her death, and notified Tindale of the oversight.[1]
Alternative names
[edit | edit source]Alternative names and spellings identified by Tindale include:[1]
- Wik-ngatara (erroneous term)
- Wik Alkän
- Wikkalkin
- Wik-nätara
- Algan
- Ngadara
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Tindale 1974, p. 189.
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