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Wiknatanja

Aboriginal Australian people of Cape York, Queensland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Wiknatanja, also spelt Wik Ngathanya, are an Aboriginal Australian people, one of the Wik peoples of the Cape York Peninsula of northern Queensland.

Languages

Wiknatanja was one of the Wik languages.

Country

Norman Tindale estimated Wiknatanja lands to encompass some 300 square miles (780 km2) on the coast around mouths of the Kendall River.[1]

Alternative names

Alternative names and spellings, according to Tindale, included:[1]

  • Wik-Ngartona
  • Wik-Natan
  • Wik-ngatona

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