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Kamilaroi Country lies in far northwest New South Wales, past Tamworth and crossing over the Queensland border. Here, the bunyip bird (Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus), and the brolga ...
The legend of the bunyip has lived long in Australian history. Elders and long-time cattlemen have told of bubbling water, disappearing cattle and eerie sensations throughout the generations. Several ...
The debate around the Murray-Darling Basin is often sharply polarised: irrigation is destroying the environment, or water reforms are ruining farming communities. But there is another story. In the ...
A constant in the stories of the bunyip is the role of Aboriginal storytelling & culture. Originating in the stories and beliefs of the southeastern Indigenous peoples of Australia, accounts of the ...