 Both the Kalali and the Wanggumara apparently lived by the Bulloo River and the Wilson River in South West Queensland.There is some debate whether they originated by the Bulloo River and migrated to the Wilson River or vice versa.For instance, Breen posited that some groups in southwest Queensland had abandoned their original languages (but not their names) and adopted the Wilson River language in the early days of Australian colonial settlement, when people moved from Thargomindah and the middle Bulloo River to Nockatunga (near the modern town of Noccundra).