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The Wiknatanja (Wik Ngathanya) were an indigenous Australian people, one of the Wik tribes of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.


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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 ...
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Country

Norman Tindale estimate Wiknatanja lands to encompass some on the coast around mouths of the Kendall River.


Alternative names

* ''Wik-Ngartona.'' * ''Wik-Natan.'' * ''Wik-ngatona.''


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* * * * * {{authority control Aboriginal peoples of Queensland