Wik Ompom

The Wikampama, also known as Wik Ompom, are an Aboriginal Australian people of Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland.

See also: Wik Ompom language

Country

According to Norman Tindale, the Wikampama occupied around 1,200 square miles (3,100 km2) of land around the Middle Archer River, extending northwards to the Watson River.[1]

Alternative names

Alternative names included, according to Tindale:[1]

  • Kokiala (toponym for a creek)
  • Kokala

References
  1. Tindale 1974, p. 188.

Sources
  • "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS. 28 July 2023.
  • McConnel, Ursula H. (September 1939). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland". Oceania. 10 (1): 54–72. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00256.x. JSTOR 40327744.
  • McConnel, Ursula H. (June 1940). "Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued)". Oceania. 10 (4): 434–455. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00305.x. JSTOR 40327867.
  • Sutton, Peter (1979). Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Queensland.
  • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Wikampama (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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