Lanima people

The Lanima were an indigenous people of the state of Queensland.

Language

Almost nothing is known of the Lanima language, apart from a suggestion that it was called Wanggamana.[1]

Country

The Lanima had, in Norman Tindale's estimation, some 3,500 square miles (9,100 km2) of land centered around the area of the Mulligan River north of Kaliduwarry Waterhole.[1]

Alternative names

  • Wanggamanha (language name)
  • Wonggaman[1]

Notes

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Tindale 1974, p. 179.

Sources

  • "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS. 28 July 2023.
  • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Lanima (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University.