Wik Elken


The Wik Elken, or Wik-Ngatharr, were an indigenous Australian people, one of the Wik tribes of the Cape York Peninsula of the state of Queensland.

Language

The Wik-Kalkan language belonged to the Wik language group.

Country

The Wik-Kalkan lay north of the Wikepa, along the coast north of , and, according to Norman Tindale had tribal lands of approximately in extent.

People

The Wik-Kalkan has been described under the name of Wikngatara by Ursula McConnel in various papers. This term actually was a language name, rarther than an ethnonym, and signified 'my language'. McConnel realized her error shortly before her death, and notified Tindale of the oversight.

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