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Australian Pelican - Aboriginal informationAlternative name: "Spectacled Pelican" Aboriginal names: "gulaanbali" [yuwaalaraay], "guliyali"/"guliyaali"/"gulayaali" [gamilarray, yuwaalaraay, yuwaaliyaay]; "jungahr"/"jungar"/"jungur*", "ngadjang-nguhr" [bundjalung]; "patjangal"/"paRangal" [yartwatjali, tjapwurrung, djadjawurrung]; "nerimba", "boodelong" "ngooloomberri" (WA); "bilbungra", "boolungal", "millemurro", "nangkero", "parangool", "tarraloo", "thaumpara", "warandoo", "bulwarra", "kunumbirra" Size: 1.6-1.8 m; wing span 2.3-2.5 m Weight: 4-13 kg (typically 4.5-7.7 kg) |
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Spiritual significance
The Australian Pelican features in Aboriginal creation stories. A few examples are reproduced or listed here.
R. A. Roberts and C. P. Mountford tell the story of "Boora the Pelican" (1968 ed.), p. 16. This story explains how Australian Pelicans got their black and white colour pattern.
Disclaimer: Not being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin, we make no claim of intellectual ownership of any of the information presented here. We merely collect facts and stories documented by others. Credits/references are listed HERE.