AusFigures is a source-grounded public-text archive for tracing how humanoid or humanoid-adjacent supernatural figures appear in Australian public sources.
Source-grounded public records of Australian supernatural humanoid narratives.
Public-text archive and research display system
This project is a public-text archive for tracing how humanoid or humanoid-adjacent supernatural figures appear in Australian public sources.
It records published accounts, apparition narratives, local legends, traditional and spirit-person narratives, retellings, and related discourse as source-grounded public records. Inclusion means that a public source or public metadata record exists; it does not verify the supernatural claim described by that source.
The archive documents how supernatural humanoid figures appear in public texts. It evaluates provenance and metadata quality; it does not test whether the reported phenomenon is real.
Search public archives, libraries, newspapers, digitised books, repositories, institutional pages, and community-controlled public sources. Aggregators and tourism pages can lead to a source, but are not admitted as primary support on their own.
Admit a record only when a public source or public metadata item can be cited. Keep source organisation, publication role, date, record type, and publicness visible so the record can be checked or revised later.
Code the printed figure or descriptive label, narrative type, source family, period, and place role separately. A shared archive category does not make culturally distinct beings, traditions, or claims equivalent.
Publish one display flag only when a record has usable location evidence. Narrative geography, alleged event geography, source location, and broad regional association remain distinct and are never presented as habitat or proof.
Use one project citation for the aggregation and coding layer. When discussing an individual record, also cite its permanent AusFigures URL and the original public source shown on that record page.
Pan, D. (2026). Australian Public Text Archive of Supernatural Humanoid Narratives and Encounters (Public export generated July 6, 2026) [Data set and digital archive]. https://ausfigures.com/
Pan, Dai. “Australian Public Text Archive of Supernatural Humanoid Narratives and Encounters.” Digital archive and dataset. Public export generated July 6, 2026. https://ausfigures.com/.
Pan, Dai. “Australian Public Text Archive of Supernatural Humanoid Narratives and Encounters.” AusFigures, public export generated 6 July 2026, ausfigures.com. Accessed 31 July 2026.
@dataset{pan_ausfigures_2026,
author = {Pan, Dai},
title = {Australian Public Text Archive of Supernatural Humanoid Narratives and Encounters},
year = {2026},
month = {07},
day = {06},
publisher = {AusFigures},
version = {Public export 2026-07-06},
url = {https://ausfigures.com/},
urldate = {2026-07-31},
note = {Source-grounded digital archive; cite the original public source for record-level claims}
}No DOI is asserted for this live export. Original-source rights, access conditions, and culturally specific context continue to apply.
The repository is the technical companion to this public display: source code, data policies, audit scripts, citation guidance, and revision history remain available for inspection and reuse.