Lanima people

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

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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]

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