Nipper Kabirriki, also recorded as Nippa Kapirigi (c. 1910 – 24 April 1987) was a Kundjeyhmi man, stockman and research collaborator from the Northern Territory.
[1] Kabirriki was born in a rock shelter in Western Arnhem Land and his parents were Nakulidj and Maggie Mengkawindi and he was a member of the Badmardi Clan and was a Traditional Owner of Deaf Adder Gorge in the region.
One of his earliest memories was seeing the first feral water buffalo entering the region and spearing in, alongside his brother George Mingum, and eating the meat.
[4] In 1972 he became a research collaborator with Johan Kamminga, which contributed to the creation of the Kakadu National Park, during their work together they made two trips to Deaf Adder Gorge.
[6][7] The relationship between the two men has been called “the most important single conduit for lodging the cultural significance of the Kakadu landscape in the archive and representing it in the public domain”.