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A review in Education described The Lost Girl as "an empowering voice for young Indigenous girls". [1] A reviewer for Reading Time noted that "...she [Kwaymullina] is still teaching us by telling a story about respect for the environment, having courage and finding our way home to our elders.", [2] and "It is Leanne Tobin’s first picture book, beautifully created and designed it showcases ...
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".
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.
Aboriginal children were told stories from a very early age; stories that helped them understand the air, the land, the universe, their people, their culture, and their history. Elders told stories of their journeys and their accomplishments. As the children grew into adults they took on the responsibility of passing on the stories.
Stories cover many themes and topics, as there are stories about creation of sacred places, land, people, animals and plants, law and custom. In Perth , the Noongar believe that the Darling Scarp is the body of the Wagyl – a serpent being that meandered over the land creating rivers, waterways and lakes and who created the Swan River .
Traditionally, Aboriginal mythology united local tribes as well as members of different tribes. [4] Therefore, stories such as Adnoartina were considered to be an important aspect of the Aboriginal culture. [4] Dreamtime stories have little relation to western understandings as they are formed through symbolic and spiritual concepts of creation ...
The story of the Wawalag (Wauwaluk, [1] Wawilak, [2] [3] Waggilak, [4] Wagilag, [5] [6] Wawalik) [7] sisters takes place in Dreamtime, a period of time in Aboriginal belief where ancestral beings created the land as well as the social and linguistic structures in it.
Australian Legendary Tales is a translated collection of stories told to K. Langloh Parker by Australian Aboriginal people. The book was immediately popular, being revised or reissued several times since its first publication in 1896, and noted as the first substantial representation of cultural works by Aboriginal Australians .