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Bobbinawarra the inland Pelican - This Place

29 July 2020
Culture and Capability
A mature man in leather jacket and wearing glasses sits in a room. In the background is a wall covered in photos and other images.

Bangerang elder uncle Freddie Dowling tells how inland pelicans came to be in the inland country of the Bangerang people.

Bobbinawarra is Bangerang for pelican, and you are almost guaranteed to see one in the lakes, ponds and rivers that surround this tiny locale. Bangerang elder uncle Freddie Dowling tells how inland pelicans came to be.

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