Wik Iyanh
{{Short description|Indigenous Australian tribe}}
{{see also|Wik Iyanh language}}
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The Wikianji (Wik Iyanh) were an indigenous Australian tribe of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.
Country
Their territory embraced an area of some {{convert|600|mi2|km2}} around the middle section of the Holroyd River.{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=189}}
Social structure
The Wikianji were a relatively small tribe, believed to be related to the Wik-Mungkan from whom they may have at the time of early colonial exploration just splintered off, and in the process of becoming a separate tribe.{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=189}}
Alternative names
- Wikianyi
- Wik-Iyena{{sfn|Tindale|1974|p=189}}
Notes
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=Citations=
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Sources
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- {{Cite journal | title = Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland
| last = McConnel | first = Ursula H.
| author-link = Ursula McConnel
| journal = Oceania
| volume = 10 | issue = 1 | pages = 54–72
| date = September 1939
| doi = 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1939.tb00256.x | jstor = 40327744
}}
- {{Cite journal | title = Social Organization of the Tribes of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland (Continued)
| last = McConnel | first = Ursula H.
| author-link = Ursula McConnel
| journal = Oceania
| volume = 10 | issue = 4 | pages = 434–455
| date = June 1940
| doi = 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1940.tb00305.x | jstor = 40327867
}}
- {{Cite book | title = Wik: Aboriginal society, territory and language at Cape Keerweer, Cape York Peninsula, Australia
| last =Sutton | first = Peter
| author-link = Peter Sutton (anthropologist)
| type =PhD thesis
| year = 1979
| publisher = University of Queensland
| url = https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/data/UQ_185462/the1830.pdf
}}
- {{Cite book| chapter = Wikianji (QLD)
| last = Tindale | first = Norman Barnett
| author-link = Norman Tindale
| year = 1974
| title = Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names
| publisher = Australian National University Press
| chapter-url = http://archives.samuseum.sa.gov.au/tindaletribes/wikianji.htm
| isbn = 978-0-708-10741-6
}}
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{{Aboriginal peoples of Queensland}}
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