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This story is the second part of the Tiger Shark Dreaming song line of kujika. Out on the open sea from the Wearyan River mouth, the Tiger Shark sing dolphins, dugongs, whales and other creatures that live in Yanyuwa country.

The Crow and Chicken Hawk Dreamings argue and fight over who should possess the fire and the water.

The Spirit People have travelled a long way and they are exhausted. They blame their weariness onto their leader, an old Spirit Man. They growl and swear at him and eventually he grows weary of their complaints and he destroys then in a most unexpected fashion.

The Tiger Shark sings the cycad trees, the freshwater well, children playing, people gathering water, the river and many other things that can still be found at Manankurra today.

Yagun Gulinj Wiinj (How Man Found Fire) is the second animation produced by the Taungurung (Victoria) Dolodanin-dat Animation Project Group.Yagun Gulinj Wiinj  has been developed from an amalgamation of the Taungurung creation stories retold and handed down through generations and various publications.

Winjara Wiganhanyin (Why We All Die) is the first animation produced by the Taungurung (Victoria) Dolodanin-dat Animation Project Group. Winjara Wiganhanyin has been developed from an amalgamation of the Taungurung creation stories retold and handed down through generations and various publications.

'Garrwa country begins in the area of the Wearyan River crossing and extends eastwards through the Foelsche, Calvert and Robinson River to just over the Queensland border. The Garrwa call themselves ‘fresh water’ people, a people associated also with the spring waters of their stone country as opposed to to the ‘saltwater’ Yanyuwa people to the west of their country. The Garrwa people are ’emu hunters’ and pride themselves on their traditions associated with this bird. In addition to this the Garrwa people pride themselves on their long, rich history of working in the cattle industry. The animation Purdiwan (Pretty One) has its origins in this tradition. In the early days of the pastoral industry while the men worked the cattle, women would look after herds of goats which were used for both their milk and meat. This kurija (woman’s fun song) is about moving the goats from one location to another.

The composer of the song is no longer remembered but while visiting her childhood country, Majorie Keighran the singer of the song in this animation, recalled the song and asked for it to be animated.'

Source: Monash Country Lines Archive.

'Marlukarra Ngarrkadabawurr: Karnanganjanyi (Emu Hunters of Excellence) story speaks to Garrwa pride in the prowess of their ancestor’s hunting skills. Marlukarra Ngarrkadabawurr: Karnanganjanyi uses both light and heavy Garrwa.'

Source: Monash Country Lines Archive. 

Nganu and Tjilbruke: A Tale of Two Heroes is based on Kaurna Nation knowledge and stories of Nganu and Tjilbruke. Two Dreaming heroes.

Wangilatha Wangu nga Kiyawatha (Singing Songs and Telling Stories) is based on a book of  songs and stories written and illustrated by Brendan Kennedy in Tati Tati, Mutti Mutti, Latji Latji and Wadi Wadi languages of North Western Victoria around Robinvale, 2014.

'This animation is told in the form of classic Yanyuwa Dreaming narration. The animation details the journey of the Groper (a-Kuridi) around South West Island. It describes the various other Ancestral Dreaming beings that she meets and her responses to them as well as showing acts of creation that are still highly significant today. The animation details the significance of place names, kinship and the role of song lines in story telling and their relationship to country. This animation is an outside, public, telling of a story that is very important to the Yanyuwa Wuyaliya clan.'

Source: Monash Country Lines Archive.