Aboriginal Australian people of the Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland
TheWik Epa , also speltWikepa , are anAboriginal Australian people, one of theWik peoples of theCape York Peninsula of northernQueensland .
Wikepa was were used by an older generation of Cape Keerweer people to denote the dialect employed by two clans in the area of the middle Kirke River, and bore the strongest similarities to those spoken by theWikmean clan.[ 1]
The Wikepa were a small group associated with the land, estimated at by 300 square miles (780 km2 ), around Cape Keerweer.[ 2]
The Wikepa were close to extinction by the post-war period, with only a small number known to be dwelling at anAurukun mission in 1958.[ 2]
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