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Aboriginal Australian Traditions

Many distinct Aboriginal nations and language groups; this entry draws on publicly shared stories of the Kulin nations, the Ngemba and Wiradjuri, the Whadjuk Noongar, the Aṉangu, and the Martu, Ngaanyatjarra, and Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara peoples

Name Date

1. Who's who

Write the letter of each figure's role next to their name.

  1. 1.Bunjil
  2. 2.Kuniya
  3. 3.The Seven Sisters (Minyipuru, Kungkarangkalpa)
  4. 4.Baiame
  5. 5.Pallian
  6. 6.Wagyl (Waugal)
  7. 7.Wati Nyiru (Yurla)
  8. 8.Liru
  • A.the woma python, the south side of Uluṟu, protection of kin
  • B.the waters: rivers, creeks, and billabongs (Kulin), the making of the first women
  • C.creation (south-eastern Australia), law, the Brewarrina fish traps
  • D.venomous snakes, the warriors of the Kuniya and Liru story
  • E.the rivers, lakes, and wetlands of Noongar Country, fresh water
  • F.the Seven Sisters songline, the Pleiades, women's strength and sisterhood
  • G.pursuit and desire, shape-changing magic
  • H.creation of the land and people (Kulin), law, the wedge-tailed eagle

2. Family and relationships

Fill in each blank with a name from the word bank.

Word bank: Bunjil

  1. 1. is a sibling of Pallian.

3. Short answers

  1. 1. What was Bunjil associated with, and which symbols help you recognise Bunjil?

  2. 2. What was Kuniya associated with, and which symbols help you recognise Kuniya?

  3. 3. Retell “Bunjil and the Making of Kulin Country” in two or three sentences. Who is involved, and what changes by the end?

  4. 4. Retell “The Seven Sisters Songline” in two or three sentences. Who is involved, and what changes by the end?

Answer key: Aboriginal Australian Traditions

1. Who's who

  1. 1. Bunjil: H
  2. 2. Kuniya: A
  3. 3. The Seven Sisters (Minyipuru, Kungkarangkalpa): F
  4. 4. Baiame: C
  5. 5. Pallian: B
  6. 6. Wagyl (Waugal): E
  7. 7. Wati Nyiru (Yurla): G
  8. 8. Liru: D

2. Family and relationships

  1. 1. Bunjil

3. Short answers (guidance)

  1. 1. creation of the land and people (Kulin), law, the wedge-tailed eagle. Symbols: the wedge-tailed eagle, the star Altair. (mythosatlas.com/deities/bunjil)
  2. 2. the woma python, the south side of Uluṟu, protection of kin. Symbols: the woma python, the wana (digging stick). (mythosatlas.com/deities/kuniya)
  3. 3. A Kulin creation story from central Victoria, shared publicly by Kulin people: Bunjil the eagle shapes the land and the first men, his brother Pallian brings the first women from the water, and Bunjil gives them law before rising into the sky. (mythosatlas.com/stories/bunjil-and-the-kulin-country)
  4. 4. Shared by Martu, Ngaanyatjarra, and Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara custodians through the National Museum of Australia: ancestral sisters flee across the deserts from a man who uses magic to pursue them, and rise into the sky as the Pleiades. (mythosatlas.com/stories/the-seven-sisters-songline)

Generated from the Mythos Atlas catalog. Traditions vary between sources; accept well-supported alternatives.