The Legend of Kupirri, or, The Red Kangaroo: An Aboriginal Tradition of the Port Lincoln Tribe

By W. A. Cawthorne

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• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Sep 4, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547214625

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W. A. Cawthorne

The Legend of Kupirri, or, The Red Kangaroo

An Aboriginal Tradition of the Port Lincoln Tribe

EAN 8596547214625

DigiCat, 2022

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Table of Contents

PREFACE.

THE LEGEND OF THE RED KANGAROO.

THE TALE OF PURLEY.

NOTES, &c.

PREFACE.

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Natives of a certain district of Port Lincoln, when questioned as to the cause of the non-existence of that species of Kangaroo known to the Colonists as the great Red Kangaroo, have the following legend in reference to its extinction:—

"In former times, one of the species, inhabited Port Lincoln, his name was Kupirri, he was of stupendous size, and devoured all those who attempted to spear him. His very appearance inspired the natives with overwhelming terror, so that they lost all presence of mind, even flinging away their midlahs. At last, however, a match was found for the monster Kangaroo, in two renowned hunters, Pilla and Inda, who, falling upon its track near Port Lincoln, on the range stretching to the North, followed and overtook it on Mount Nilarro. Finding it asleep, they at once