Wik-kalkan (QLD)

LocationCoast north of Cape Keerweer; 4 on NE map. Shortly before her death McConnel informed me that she had found a note suggesting that Wik-kalkan was the proper name of this tribe; the term Wikngatara means 'my language' and was applied by her in error.
Co-ordinates141°40'E x 13°50'S
Area300 sq. m. (800 sq. km.)
ReferencesMcConnel, 1939-1940, 1950, 1953, and verb. comm.; Tindale, 1940; Thomson, 1946; Simmons, Graydon and Gajdusek, 1958; Capell, 1963.
Alternative NamesWik-ngatara (erroneous term), Wik Alkan, Wik-kalkin, Wik-natara, Algan, Ngadara.