The Wanggamala people, also spelt Wangkamahdla, Wangkamadla, Wangkamanha, Wangkamana, Wonkamala, Wongkamala, Wonkamudla, and other variants, are an
Aboriginal Australian people of the
Northern Territory and
Queensland.
Country
In
Norman Tindale's estimate, Wanggamala tribal lands covered some of territory. They roamed north-west of
Annandale, at Kalidawarry and around the lower Field and Hay rivers, along the Plenty river, and on the eastern margins of the
Simpson Desert. River waters were ephemeral and they dug native wells (''mikari'').
In July 2021, the Wanggamala people, spelt Wangkamahdla in the claim, won
native title rights to over west and south-west of Boulia, stretching from around
Bedourie, Queensland, across to the
Northern Territory border, including Cravens Peak Reserve (named
Pilungah Reserve
Pilungah Reserve, formerly Cravens Peak Reserve, is a nature reserve in Central West Queensland, Australia, south-west of Boulia and south of Mount Isa. It lies at the northern end of the Simpson Desert and includes parts of the bioregions ...
in October 2021
) and part of the
Munga-Thirri National Park
Munga-Thirri National Park, formerly known as the Simpson Desert National Park, is the largest national park in Queensland, Australia, 1,495 km west of Brisbane. The park covers an area of in the Simpson Desert surrounding Poeppel Corner i ...
.
Language
Their language was
Wanggamala, which is now
extinct
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.
Economy
The Wanggamala lived in areas where the native tobacco
pituri
Pituri, also known as mingkulpa, is a mixture of leaves and wood ash traditionally chewed as a stimulant (or, after extended use, a depressant) by Aboriginal Australians widely across the continent. Leaves are gathered from any of several specie ...
grows and, aside from using it themselves, they employed it as a valuable trading resource.
Alternative names
*Tharlimanha (Breen 2007)
[
*Wanggamala (]AIATSIS
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), established as the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (AIAS) in 1964, is an independent Australian Government statutory authority. It is a collecting, ...
and Ethnologue
''Ethnologue: Languages of the World'' (stylized as ''Ethnoloɠue'') is an annual reference publication in print and online that provides statistics and other information on the living languages of the world. It is the world's most comprehensiv ...
)[
*Wanggamanha][
*Wangkamadla][
*Wangkamahdla][
*Wangkamala][
*Wangkamana (]Horton Horton may refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Horton Glacier, Adelaide Island, Antarctica
* Horton Ledge, Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica
Australia
* Horton, Queensland, a town and locality in the Bundaberg Region
* Horton River (Australia), ...
, after Tindale;[
*Wangkamanha][
*Wonggaman (AIAS)][
*Wonggawan][
*Wongkamala (Tindale)][
* Wonkamala (Tindale 1974)
* Wonkamudla(Tindale 1974; O'Grady et al 1996; Mathews)][
]
Notes
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Aboriginal peoples of the Northern Territory