Yahoo in Yahoo Creek hairy man tradition
ABC Nightlife described the mythical creature known as the Yahoo or hairy man as being frequently spotted along the Great Dividing Range as settlers pushed into the Australian hinterland, in an interview with Tohby Riddle, author of Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery.
- Record ID
- 4,150
- Year
- 2,019
- Source
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Index status
- Public search-ready
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Record context
- Record ID
- 4150
- Source
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Publication
- Is the Yahoo Australia's bigfoot?; ABC Nightlife / Tohby Riddle
- Published
- 2019-03-11
- Narrative type
- Giant and Ogre Narratives
- Public-text label
- Yahoo
- Archive period
- Digital Era
- Source voice
- Source Grounded Section Record
- Publicness
- Public Text Item
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ABC Nightlife described the mythical creature known as the Yahoo or hairy man as being frequently spotted along the Great Dividing Range as settlers pushed into the Australian hinterland, in an interview with Tohby Riddle, author of Yahoo Creek: An Australian Mystery.
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