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Karetbah and Karetdoonging behave more like birds than children. Since they are so comforable and happy in the water, the council of elders transform them into the karepah, or shag, to be guarded by the Bibulmun people for all time.
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yAboriginal Legends From the Bibulmun TribeEddie Bennell/specialistDatasets/BlackWords ,
Adelaide:Rigby,1981Z8410931981selected work prose dreaming story Indigenous story children's A collection of stories and legends from the Bibulmun people in south-west Western Australia. Statement on dust-jacket claims that this is the first written recording of the legends of the Bibulmun nation.Adelaide:Rigby,1981