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Bobtales is an Australian animated series of aboriginal dreamtime stories produced in Perth, Western Australia in 1997 and aired in 1998.. Thirteen 5-minute episodes were produced by independent film company Gripping Film and Graphics and the Western Australian Aboriginal Media Association in Western Australia, with funding from Screenwest, Film Australia, and SBS Independent.
Australian mythology stems largely from Europeans who colonised the country from 1788, subsequent domestic innovation, as well as other immigrant and Indigenous Australian traditions, many of which relate to Dreamtime stories. Australian mythology survives through a combination of word of mouth, historical accounts and the continued practice ...
The Dreaming, also referred to as Dreamtime, is a term devised by early anthropologists to refer to a religio-cultural worldview attributed to Australian Aboriginal mythology. It was originally used by Francis Gillen , quickly adopted by his colleague Walter Baldwin Spencer , and thereafter popularised by A. P. Elkin , who later revised his views.
Australian Aboriginal culture includes a number of practices and ceremonies centered on a belief in the Dreamtime and other mythology. Reverence and respect for the land and oral traditions are emphasised. The words "law" and "lore", the latter relating to the customs and stories passed down through the generations, are commonly used ...
Jayapraga Reddy (1947–1996) was an Indian South African writer of short stories, plays, and a memoir. Reddy was born in Durban in 1947, where she would live her whole life. [ 1 ] Reddy was affected by muscular dystrophy , as were two of her brothers, and she used a wheelchair for most of her life.
These stories soon took on an Australian flavour and became part of the country's folklore. Other stories, uniquely Australian, also sprang from the goldfields. One such story is the story of the Eureka Stockade—a miners' uprising on the Ballarat goldfields in 1854—said to be the
Maroochy Barambah during a Welcome to Country & Dreamtime Storytelling ceremony in Brisbane (February 2021) Maroochy Barambah is an Australian Aboriginal mezzo-soprano singer. She is a song-woman, law-woman and elder of the Turrbal people. [1]
The story involved a spirit guide called Jirri Jirri, who introduces some of the spirits and traditional custodians according to the Dreaming stories of the Ngarluma people. [ 6 ] Thalu: Dreamtime Is Now , was shortlisted in the Best Digital Product category in the 2019 First Nations Media Awards .