Desmond Coulthard Desmond Coulthard i(7492681 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Adnyamathanha ; Aboriginal
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1 Flinders Ranges National Park - Aboriginal and European History Desmond Coulthard , 1981 single work column
— Appears in: Yura , Dec 1981; (p. 10-11)

In this article, the authors talks about the myths relating to the Adnyamathantha people and the land surrounding the Flinders Ranges National Park. Some of the Flinders Ranges National Park is covered by the totemic regiions of the Walha or Bustard (Wild turkey) totem. One myth that relates to the kinship system, concerns an old man, Wirra, who is the moon, another myth concerns a red ochre deposit,
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