giant in Australian Legends
ravine. The whole season had been droughty, and the water was hardly running at all. Yet there were holes, and great wide holes too, wherein the water was so deep that no one knew of any tree that would reach down to the bottom. Stones thrown in fell with a heavy, full-ssounding splash and were suc…
- Record ID
- 1,913
- Year
- 1,925
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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- Record ID
- 1913
- Source
- Internet Archive
- Publication
- Australian Legends; C. W. Peck
- Published
- 1925
- Narrative type
- Giant and Ogre Narratives
- Public-text label
- giant
- Archive period
- Federation Era
- Location
- New South Wales (NSW): B
- State or territory
- NSW
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Text Item
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ravine. The whole season had been droughty, and the water was hardly running at all. Yet there were holes, and great wide holes too, wherein the water was so deep that no one knew of any tree that would reach down to the bottom. Stones thrown in fell with a heavy, full-ssounding splash and were sucked down and down. In those murky depths were huge eels and giant fish, and occasionally one or other came to the surface and fell a victim to the spears of the black men. The great towering, rock-girt side of the river gave many hours’ shelter from the burning, blazing sun. That side with the easterly aspect was clothed with many.
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