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The Warramurrungunji story in Arnhem Land has the founding ancestress, Warramurrungunji, emerging at the north end of Croker Island after coming under the sea from Macassar (see p. 5 of attached version, but many versions have been recorded). </div>
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A couple of different Kayardild stories have early ancestors coming from the mainland (though in one case they intermarry with people who are already there). Those are in the back of my Kayardild grammar.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Margaret Sharpe <msharpe3@une.edu.au><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 5, 2020 7:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> r-n-l-d@lists.unimelb.edu.au <r-n-l-d@lists.unimelb.edu.au><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RNLD] Aboriginal Origin stories</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Hi there all, You may well know that the Bundjalung ‘origin’ story has the Three Brothers with their wives and families coming from another island. The general impression is most groups believe they have
always been in Australia.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Do any of you know of origin stories which link their holders to coming from elsewhere?</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Margaret</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">0428 668 988</span></p>
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