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Bob Ian Pupuli Bob Ian Pupuli i(7572543 works by)
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
(Storyteller) assertion
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1 Murrinh Ku Ngakumarl Thinmel The Story of The Seagull Totem Bob Ian Pupuli , 1988 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Murrinh ku Ngakumarl I Ku Nguguminki 1988; (p. 22-26) 'The seagull was a person...in the dreamtime. The seagull was a man for a very long time. He was a salt water man and that was his country...'
1 Murrink Ku Warum The Story of the Green Tree Snake Bob Ian Pupuli , 1988 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Murrinh ku Ngakumarl I Ku Nguguminki 1988; (p. 15-18) 'This is the story of the green tree snake. Who long ago was a man...'
1 Murrinh Ku Pithpith The Story of the Black Fish Totem Bob Ian Pupuli , 1988 single work prose dreaming story
— Appears in: Murrinh ku Ngakumarl I Ku Nguguminki 1988; (p. 1-7)

This story is about the Black Fish totem. Pithpith was a man who changed into a fish, to return to the saltwater, swimming along a river he made all the waterholes before he finally found the sea.
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