Humans have long been entrusted to protect Nairm (Port Phillip Bay). N'arweet Carolyn Briggs, Boon Wurrung Elder, shares the Time of Chaos story which tells how Nairm was formed and why we must continue to protect it.
One of Australia’s best known Creation Stories
Tiddalik is a small mischievous and very thirsty frog who appears in one of Australia’s best known Creation Stories. It’s the story of a frog whose greed results in all of the water in the creeks, lakes and rivers being depleted, resulting in the other animals working together to see it returned.
Tiddalik’s story is found in many parts of Australia, however the way Tiddalik’s story is told in the Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery and at Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre is a version that belongs to the Gunnai Kurnai people of Gippsland.
Bunjil is the Ancestral Wedge-tailed Eagle, the creator.
The Rainbow Serpent participates in the creation of the world in so many of the Aboriginal Myths of Dreamtime.
The story tells of the origins of the Murray River, where the Ngarrindjeri people's ancestor Ngurunderi created the Murray River and its landscape with his long journey to the Coorong.
Dreamtime Story Animation "Mirram The Kangaroo and Warreen The Wombat" for the Marambul Yuganha Exhibition at the Griffith campus of TAFE NSW Riverina Institute 2011.
Exhibition Coordinator: Carolyn White
Animation by: Mick Ashley - RedPixels Animation