The Wiknatanja (Wik Ngathanya) were an
indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...
people, one of the
Wik tribes of the
Cape York Peninsula
Cape York Peninsula is a large peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest unspoiled wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth’s last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupación ...
of northern
Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, established_ ...
.
Languages
Wiknatanja
The Wiknatanja (Wik Ngathanya) were an indigenous Australian people, one of the Wik peoples, Wik tribes of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.
Languages
Wiknatanja language, Wiknatanja was one of the Wik languages.
Country
Norman Tin ...
was one of the
Wik languages
The Wik languages are a subdivision of the Paman languages consisting of sixteen languages, all spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia. This grouping was first proposed by R. M. W. Dixon.
Each of the Kugu-Muminh dialects may ...
.
Country
Norman Tindale estimate Wiknatanja lands to encompass some on the coast around mouths of the
Kendall River
Kendall River is a small river and tributary to the Coppermine River in the Canadian Northwest Territories that connects the Dismal Lakes to the Coppermine River. John Rae (explorer) had a base camp here in 1851.
Based on data collected at a gau ...
.
Alternative names
* ''Wik-Ngartona.''
* ''Wik-Natan.''
* ''Wik-ngatona.''
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland