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Title: Australian Legendary Tales
Folklore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies

Author: K. Langloh Parker

Posting Date: June 20, 2009 [EBook #3833]
Release Date: February, 2003
First Posted: October 1, 2001

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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AUSTRALIAN LEGENDARY TALES

FOLK-LORE OF THE NOONGAHBURRAHS

AS TOLD TO THE PICCANINNIES

COLLECTED BY MRS. K. LANGLOH PARKER

WITH INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW LANG, M.A.

DEDICATED
TO
PETER HIPPI
KING OF THE NOONGAHBURRAHS

CONTENTS

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION, BY ANDREW LANG, M.A.
1 DINEWAN THE EMU, AND GOOMBLEGUBBON THE BUSTARD
2 THE GALAH, AND OOLAH THE LIZARD
3 BAHLOO THE MOON, AND THE DAENS
4 THE ORIGIN OF THE NARRAN LAKE
5 GOOLOO THE MAGPIE, AND THE WAHROOGAH
6 THE WEEOOMBEENS AND THE PIGGIEBILLAH
7 BOOTOOLGAH THE CRANE AND GOONUR THE KANGAROO RAT, THE FIRE MAKERS
8 WEEDAH THE MOCKING BIRD
9 THE GWINERBOOS THE REDBREASTS
10 MEAMEI THE SEVEN SISTERS
11 THE COOKOOBURRAHS AND THE GOOLAHGOOL
12 THE MAYAMAH
13 THE BUNBUNDOOLOOEYS
14 OONGNAIRWAH AND GUINAREY
15 NARAHDARN THE BAT
16 MULLYANGAH THE MORNING STAR
17 GOOMBLEGUBBON, BEEARGAII, AND OUYAN
18 MOOREGOO THE MOPOKE, AND BAHLOO THE MOON
19 OUYAN THE CURLEW
20 DINEWAN THE EMU, AND WAHN THE CROWS
21 GOOLAHWILLEEL THE TOPKNOT PIGEONS
22 GOONUR, THE WOMAN-DOCTOR
23 DEEREEREE THE WAGTAIL, AND THE RAINBOW
24 MOOREGOO THE MOPOKE, AND MOONINGUGGAHGUL THE MOSQUITO BIRD
25 BOUGOODOOGAHDAH THE RAIN BIRD
26 THE BORAH OF BYAMEE
27 BUNNYYARL THE FLIES AND WURRUNNUNNAH THE BEES
28 DEEGEENBOYAH THE SOLDIER-BIRD
29 MAYRAH, THE WIND THAT BLOWS THE WINTER AWAY
30 WAYAMBEH THE TURTLE
31 WIRREENUN THE RAINMAKER
NATIVE TEXT OF THE FIRST TALE (APPENDIX)
GLOSSARY

PREFACE

A neighbour of mine exclaimed, when I mentioned that I proposed making a
small collection of the folk-lore legends of the tribe of blacks I