Wikatinda
The Wikatinda were an indigenous Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.
Country
The Wikatinda were a small tribe whose territory, estimated by Norman Tindale to embrace some 200 square miles (520 km2), extended from the coastal area, south from the Archer River to a distance inland of roughly 8 miles.[1]
People
By the writing of Tindale's writing (1974) he stated that the Wikatinda were 'virtually extinct'.[1]
Alternative names
- Wik Tinda.
- Adinda.[1]
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b c Tindale 1974, p. 188.
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.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - McConnel, Ursula H. (June 1940). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued)". Oceania. 10 (4): 434–455. JSTOR 40327867.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Sutton, Peter (1979). Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Queensland.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Thomson, D. F. (1946). "Names and Naming in the Wik Mongkan". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 76 (2): 157–168. JSTOR 2844514.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Wikatinda (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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