All Koalas » Kulin http://www.allkoalas.com All about koalas Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:37:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Mighty Koala Advisor…(folklore) http://www.allkoalas.com/the-mighty-koala-advisor-312 http://www.allkoalas.com/the-mighty-koala-advisor-312#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:58:37 +0000 Captain-Koala http://www.allkoalas.com/?p=312 At one time the Kulin were in the habit of skinning the koalas prior to cooking them, as they did with all their other animals. The koalas resented this treatment, and resolved to be revenged upon the Kulin. One day, when all the people were away from their camp, the koalas seized all the tarnuks, and hid them. Then they drained all the creeks and waterholes in the country. When the people came back they found no water to drink, and were in great distress. All the women and children cried out in their agony. At length their cries were heard by Karakarook, the Woman, and she came down from the sky to investigate the cause of them. When she heard what the Kulin had to say, she called the koalas to hear their complaints. She settled their quarrel thus: the Kulin had to promise to treat the koalas with respect; they could kill them and eat them, but were not to remove their skin; the koalas promised that they would never again take the water of the Kulin, and that they would assist them by giving them good advice whenever required to do so.

Jackson, Stephen. Koala : Origins of an Icon. Belmont: Allen & Unwin, 2008.

Source: Massola, A. (1968), Bunjil’s Cave: Myths, legends and superstitions of the Aborigines of south-east Australia, Melbourne: Landsdowne Press, p. 43.

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