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 20,000 square miles (52,000 km2) of territory.[1] 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.[1] River waters were ephemeral and they dug native wells (mikari).[citation needed]
The Wanggamala lived in areas where the native tobacco
pituri grows and, aside from using it themselves, they employed it as a valuable trading resource.[1]