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y separately published work icon The Eagle, the Crow and the Bat : A Jaara Teaching single work   picture book  
Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 The Eagle, the Crow and the Bat : A Jaara Teaching
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'The Eagle, the Crow and the Bat is a rich cultural story shared by the Jaara Community about Jaara totems and teachings, and how the Jaara Country came to be. A rich cultural story about Jaara totems, the book explores why the Eagle is the Lord of the Highlands, how the Crow discovered fire and protects the lowlands and how the Bat is seen as the peacekeeper.'

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Notes

  • Publisher's note: The images, songs, stories, and cultural knowledge shared in this material embody the traditional knowledge, and remain the Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property of Senior Jaara Cultural Custodian Uncle Rick Nelson. Animations, soundscapes, and other multi-media content is shared copyright between Jaara community participants and SharingStories Foundation who worked collaboratively to produce outcomes. All material has been created with the consent of the Senior Custodians identified.
  • Publisher's note: The work is based on an original print book [Bunjil the Eagle : A Story from Jaara Community] in which the story was shared by Uncle Brien Nelson, developed by by Liz Thompson and published by Pearson.

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y separately published work icon Bunjil the Eagle : A Story from Jaara Community Jaara Community , Liz Thompson , Jaara Community (illustrator), Brien Nelson , Port Melbourne : Pearson Rigby , 2011 6351854 2011 selected work short story dreaming story

'A creation story from the Jaara people of Victoria, this tells of the strong rivalry between the crow and the eagle. Their rivalry caused volcanoes to spring up, and lava to flow, and explains why the mountains and lowlands are where they are today. It also explains why the eagle remains in the sky above the highlands while the now black crow resides in the lowlands, and why the bat only comes out at night. This story not only explains the layout of the landforms in the area around Ballarat, but also why these birds are all totems to the Jaara people and so are never to be killed.' (Source: ReadPlus website)
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