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This paper falls into five parts, first, it explicates Dalabon taxonomy; second, discusses a Dalabon emu myth; third, the author analyses the myth to illustrate how it treats the anomaly; four, discusses other emu myths in order to show that the Dalabon is one of a group, each member of which is related to others by a number of permutations; and, fifth, the author considers what wider significance the emu studies may be taken to possess.
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The Emu Anomaly
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- Southern Arnhem Land, Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory,
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