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  2. Tiddalik - Wikipedia

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    The tale of Tiddalik the frog is a creation story from Australian Indigenous Dreaming Stories. The legend of Tiddalik is not only an important story of the Dreamtime, but has been the subject of popular modern children's books. In some Aboriginal language groups, Tiddalik is known as "Molok".

  3. Kombumerri clan - Wikipedia

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    A story was recorded by Jack Gresty, a National Park Ranger who worked in the Numinbah Valley area. Gresty picked it up from the Duncan brothers. Gresty picked it up from the Duncan brothers. It concerns the Nerang culture hero Gowonda, a white-haired hunter and expert in training dingoes to hunt, particularly associated with Southport . [ 15 ]

  4. Kondole - Wikipedia

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    In the Australian Aboriginal mythology of the Ramindjeri subgroup of the Ngarrindjeri people, Kondole was a mean and rude man. One night, the performers during a ceremony needed someone to keep a fire going; Kondole was the only one with fire, and he hid in the bush.

  5. Mythology of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Aboriginal stencil art showing unique clan markers and dreamtime stories symbolising attempts to catch the deceased's spirit. The beginnings of Australian mythology center on the Aboriginal belief system known as Dreamtime, which dates back as far as 65,000 years. Aboriginals believed Earth was created by spiritual beings who physically ...

  6. The Jolly Mon - Wikipedia

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    The result is The Jolly Mon - an original tale where music and enchantment, pirates and trickery, friendship and the loyalty of a very special dolphin, create a timeless story of adventure. Dramatic paintings by Lambert Davis reflect the artist's continuing love of the sun, the surf, and the sea.

  7. Beverley Dunlop - Wikipedia

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    The stories were described by The Press as having "a distinctly New Zealand flavour" and as appealing "to the target age group of six to nine-year-olds". [8] In 1999 she began writing stories about her cat Ollie and publishing them online on a newsgroup website. Ollie disappeared in August 2001; at the time Dunlop had written nearly 90 stories ...

  8. Indigenous literatures in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Beth Brant is an essayist and short-story writer who incorporates Mohawk Creation Story in her writings. [1] Writer Peter Blue Cloud, from Kahnawake, Quebec also utilizes the creation story in his work. [1] Cloud's "Weaver’s Spider’s Web" features the Coyote, a trickster figure, and a powerful woman, an important symbol in Longhouse ...

  9. Burrunan dolphin - Wikipedia

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    The dolphin's common name, Burrunan, is an Aboriginal name in the Boonwurrung, Woiwurrung and Taungurung languages, meaning "large sea fish of the porpoise kind". [14] [13] The name australis is the Latin adjective "southern", and refers to the Australian range of the dolphin. It was the third time since the late 19th century that a new dolphin ...