The Wikepa are 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
Wikepa
The Wikepa are an indigenous Australian people, one of the Wik tribes of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.
Languages
Wikepa (Wik-Epa) was one of the Wik languages. According to Peter Sutton, Wikepa or wikiita were used by an olde ...
(Wik-Epa) 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 ...
. According to
Peter Sutton, Wikepa or wikiita were used by an older generation of Cape Keerweer people to denote the dialect employed by two clans in the area of the middle Kirke River, and bore the strongest similarities to those spoken by the
Wikmean clan.
Country
The Wikepa were a small tribe associated with the land, estimated at by , aroun
Cape Keerweer
People
The Wikepa were close to extinction by the post-war period, with only a small number known to be dwelling at an
Aurukun
Aurukun is a town and coastal locality in the Shire of Aurukun and the Shire of Cook in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is an Indigenous community. In the , the locality of Aurukun had a population of 1,269 people.
Geography
Aurukun is ...
mission in 1958.
Alternative names
* ''Wik-Eppa.''
* ''Wik-Iita.''
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland