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Wurrunnah in Australian Legendary Tales

YEAR
1896
PLACE
New South Wales
SOURCE
Project Gutenberg
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Wurrunnah in Australian Legendary Tales

hu, Doongarah." So long and so fierce was the storm that the young men must have perished had they not been changed into birds. First they were changed into birds and afterwards into stars in the sky, where they now are, Gidgereegah and Ouarrian with the kangaroo between them, still bearing the nam…

Record ID
2,478
Year
1,896
Source
Project Gutenberg
Index status
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Record context

Record ID
2478
Source
Project Gutenberg
Publication
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies; K. Langloh Parker
Published
1896; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
Narrative type
Spirit-Person Narratives
Public-text label
Wurrunnah
Archive period
Federation Era
Location
North-western New South Wales (NSW): B
State or territory
NSW
Source voice
Source Grounded Section Record
Publicness
Public Domain Public Web

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hu, Doongarah." So long and so fierce was the storm that the young men must have perished had they not been changed into birds. First they were changed into birds and afterwards into stars in the sky, where they now are, Gidgereegah and Ouarrian with the kangaroo between them, still bearing the names that they bore on the earth. 10. MEAMEI THE SEVEN SISTERS Wurrunnah had had a long day's hunting, and he came back to the camp tired and hungry. He asked his old mother for durrie, but she said there was none left. Then he asked some of the other blacks to give him some doonburr seeds that he might make durrie for himself, But no one.

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