The Wikianji (Wik Iyanh) were an
indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians are people with familial heritage from, or recognised membership of, the various ethnic groups living within the territory of contemporary Australia prior to History of Australia (1788–1850), British colonisation. The ...
tribe of the
Cape York Peninsula
The Cape York Peninsula is a peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the largest wilderness in northern Australia.Mittermeier, R.E. et al. (2002). Wilderness: Earth's last wild places. Mexico City: Agrupación Sierra Madre, ...
of northern Queensland.
Country
Their territory embraced an area of some around the middle section of the
Holroyd River.
Social structure
The Wikianji were a relatively small tribe, believed to be related to the
Wik-Mungkan
The Wik-Mungkan people are an Aboriginal Australian group of peoples who traditionally ranged over an extensive area of the western Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland and speak the Wik Mungkan language. They were the largest branch of the ...
from whom they may have at the time of early colonial exploration just splintered off, and in the process of becoming a separate tribe.
Alternative names
* ''Wikianyi''
* ''Wik-Iyena''
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Aboriginal peoples of Queensland