bunyip
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thumb|Illustration of a bunyip by J. Macfarlane (1890)
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17 sectionsContents
- Bunyip
- Distribution
- Characteristics
- Debate over origins
- Early accounts of European settlers
- First written use of the word ''bunyip'', 1845
- Australian Museum's bunyip of 1847
- William Buckley's account of bunyips, 1852
- Stocqueler's sightings and drawings, 1857
- Figure of speech and eponymy
- In popular culture and fiction
- See also
- Footnotes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|Illustration of a bunyip by J. Macfarlane (1890)
The bunyip is a creature from the aboriginal mythology of southeastern Australia, said to lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes.
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