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This story was compiled from two sources: 'Emu and Brolga: A Kamilaroi Myth' in Aboriginal History (1985), and Ngiyambaa, the Language of the Wangaaybuwan (1980).
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"This text ... was spoken by Harry Doolan and other Gamilaraay men in June 1938 and written down in phonetic script by Norman B Tindale. The men had not been using their language very much and they gradually improved their version of the story over a few days as they had time to discuss and remember." (Last accessed at http://www.yuwaalaraay.org/stories/burraalganotes.html on 20/07/09)
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