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In times past there was an Aboriginal man called Cumbo Gunnerah His people called him The Red Kangaroo. He was a clever chief and a mighty fighter (this man from Gunnedah) Later, the white people of this place called him The Red Chief. Dr Margaret Sharpe, lecturer in Aboriginal Languages, wrote the Kamilaroi text.
Eventually, they were appointed as the guardians of Dreamtime. When they merged, they were known as Minultu. Minultu is an entity that transcends thought, something that cannot be explained by logic. Minultu is depicted as a kangaroo with a human body, possessing wings that are black and white; although some also describe them as red and blue.
Yawkyawk, Aboriginal shape-shifting mermaids who live in waterholes, freshwater springs, and rock pools, cause the weather and are related by blood or through marriage (or depending on the tradition, both) to the rainbow serpent Ngalyod. Yee-Na-Pah, an Arrernte thorny devil spirit girl who marries and echidna spirit man.
Australian raven (Corvus coronoides). In Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology, Crow is a trickster, culture hero and ancestral being. In the Kulin nation in central Victoria he is known as Waang (also Wahn or Waa) and is regarded as one of two moiety ancestors, the other being the more sombre eaglehawk Bunjil.
According to Aboriginal folklore, Mimi had human form and made the first rock paintings before the Aboriginal people first came to northern Australia. The Mimi taught the Aboriginal people how to paint, and how to hunt and cook kangaroo meat. The Mimis are considered to be mischievous but generally harmless. [2]
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Britain's King Charles was embraced by an Indigenous elder after a welcome smoking ceremony on Tuesday in the birthplace of Australia's urban Aboriginal civil rights movement in ...
The Bulletin said "the aboriginal lore and the awkward reconstruction of tribal life soon give way to a really excellent yarn that redeems the whole book —it is worth waiting for. This is the story of Red Kangaroo’s winning himself a wife —or, rather, two wives... Mr. Idriess tells it with gusto and complete conviction..
Kangaroo fights among adult males can get intense when group hierarchy is on the line. And it takes a strong male to win the fight. However, scientists don’t think that strength is the only ...