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    The Two Rainbow Serpents travelling: Mura track narratives from the 'Corner Country'

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    Author(s)
    Beckett, Jeremy
    Hercus, Luise
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    The ‘Corner Country’, where Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales now converge, was in Aboriginal tradition crisscrossed by the tracks of the mura, ancestral beings, who named the country as they travelled, linking place to language. Reproduced here is the story of the two Ngatyi, Rainbow Serpents, who travelled from the Paroo to the Flinders Ranges and back as far as Yancannia Creek, where their deep underground channels linked them back to the Paroo. Jeremy Beckett recorded these stories from George Dutton and Alf Barlow in 1957. Luise Hercus, who has worked on the languages in the area for many years, has collaborated with Jeremy Beckett to analyse the names and identify the places.
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33607
    Keywords
    aboriginal australians; rainbow serpents; religion; Diyari language; Flinders Ranges; George Dutton; Malyangapa; Paakantyi; Paakantyi (Darling language); Snake; Wilson River language; Yancannia Station
    DOI
    10.26530/OAPEN_459747
    OCN
    423345289
    Publisher
    ANU Press
    Publisher website
    https://press.anu.edu.au/
    Publication date and place
    Canberra, 2009
    Classification
    Religion and beliefs
    Pages
    93
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Diyari language - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diyari_language; Flinders Ranges - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_Ranges; George Dutton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dutton; Malyangapa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malyangapa; Paakantyi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paakantyi; Paakantyi (Darling language) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paakantyi_(Darling_language); Snake - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake; Wilson River language - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_River_language; Yancannia Station - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yancannia_Station
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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