Wik Ompom

See also:Wik Ompom language

TheWikampama,also known asWik Ompom,are anAboriginal Australianpeople ofCape York Peninsulain northernQueensland.

Country

According toNorman Tindale,the Wikampama occupied around 1,200 square miles (3,100 km²) of land around theMiddle Archer River,extending northwards to theWatson River.

Alternative names

Alternative names included, according to Tindale:

• Kokiala(toponymfor a creek)
• Kokala

References

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.JSTOR40327744.
• 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.JSTOR40327867.
• 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.ISBN978-0-708-10741-6.