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. Tindale 1974, p. 179.

    Sources
    • "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". AIATSIS.
    • Tindale, Norman Barnett (1974). "Lanima (QLD)". Aboriginal Tribes of Australia: Their Terrain, Environmental Controls, Distribution, Limits, and Proper Names. Australian National University.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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