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	World Tales
		Bunjil the eagle was sitting on the banks of the Birrarung (known today as the Yarra River), scratching at some soft mud.
		Bunjil covered the bald head with some bark from a gum tree and gently blew into the nose and mouth of the body.
		Bunjil was very pleased with himself but he was also very tired from his hard work.
	www8.sbs.com.au /worldtales/read_story.php?storyID=96 (390 words)

	7.30 Report - 28/02/2005: Families slam Govt inaction on facility for mentally ill
		Bunjil House is little more than a hospital ward.
		It was opened in 1999 as a temporary home for people who'd previously lived within large state institutions, but years of complaints about cramped conditions, overcrowding and a lack of outdoor spaces for residents even to take some fresh air have all come to nothing.
		The Victorian Government says it is spending more than any other state on mental health and that replacing Bunjil House remains a high priority but for the families without a voice of their own such assurances mean little.
	www.abc.net.au /7.30/content/2005/s1312892.htm (1359 words)

	Bunjil - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In Australian aboriginal mythology, specifically Kulin and Wurundjeri, Bunjil is the supreme god.
		The Kulin claim he is a culture-hero who taught them all the important skills of life, but the Wurundjeri claims he created mankind.
		Bunjil's cave;: Myths, legends and superstitions of the aborigines of south-east Australia
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /bunjil.htm (57 words)

	victorian aboriginals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bunjil had six young men, Djurt, (the Nankeen Kestrel) Thara, (the Quail Hawk) Yukope, (the Green Parakeet) Dantum, (the Blue Mountain Parrot) Tadjeri, (the Brush-tail Possum) and Turnung, (the Glider Possum) to look after the people for him.
		Bunjil heard the frightened boy and put sharp stones in the path of the old man, who fell and cut himself to pieces.
		Bunjil said to the dying old man, "Let this be a lesson to all men.
	www.ezywebb.com /HISTORY/vicab3.htm (500 words)

	Yarra Healing - Kulin Nation - Boonerwrung
		Bunjil told his people that they would have to change their ways if they wanted to save their land.
		Bunjil walked out to the sea, raised his spear and directed the sea to stop rising.
		Bunjil taught the Boonerwrung to always welcome guests, but he always required the Boonerwrung to ask all visitors to make two promises: to obey the laws of Bunjil and not to harm the children or the land of Bunjil.
	www.yarrahealing.melb.catholic.edu.au /kulin/b_story.html (663 words)

	The Age 150th (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bunjil House, a secure, extended-care unit at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, is overcrowded, offers no privacy, and, apart from a cramped courtyard, provides no open space where patients can walk outdoors.
		Whatever the torment of her mental illness, it is exacerbated by the nightmare of being contained where violence is common and sexual abuse a threat.
		Dr Brown tried to prevent her mentally disturbed son from being sent here but failed, and now shudders as he pleads to leave, talking all the time of the swearing he must endure from the man with whom he shares a room.
	150.theage.com.au /view_bestofarticle.asp?straction=update&inttype=1&intid=1791 (1228 words)

	Home to 20, a house that's 'unfit' for care - National - www.theage.com.au
		Bunjil House was opened by the Kennett government in 1999 as a stop-gap after Larundel Psychiatric Hospital was sold for a housing estate.
		The Public Advocate, Julian Gardner, said conditions at Bunjil House were indicative of the lack of long-term accommodation for people with mental illness.
		"All patients in Bunjil House and any secure extended-care unit are involuntary patients under the act and have a level of illness and functional disturbance such that they cannot be managed in a less restricted environment," Dr Vine said.
	www.theage.com.au /news/National/Home-to-20-a-house-thats-unfit-for-care/2004/12/25/1103825127414.html (795 words)

	St Patrick's Cathedral: Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia: About the Cathedral: Aboriginal Culture
		The Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation believe that Bunjil as their moiety is a spiritual being with spiritual power who created man, woman, and child, and all living things from the land.
		Bunjil the Eagle is one of the two skin groups of the Kulin Nation.
		Bunjil keeps a watchful eye on all people and offers guidance to those who choose to listen.
	www.melbourne.catholic.org.au /cathedral/aboriginalculture.htm (967 words)

	Bunjils Shelter_1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Art work at Bunjils Shelter is confined to a small alcove at the western end of a large granite boulder near the base of a 300 metre high hill in the eastern Black Ranges near Stawell.
		The dogs presumably accompanied Bunjil in his earthly travels for hunting and protection - two important roles dingoes filled in the daily life of Aboriginal people.
		Bunjil is painted in white clay with ceremonial body decorations similar to those recorded for all Victorian Aboriginal peoples in general.
	www.brambuk.com.au /Bunjil%27s%20Shelter_2.htm (289 words)

	wimmera.com.au - Wimmera Recreation
		Bunjil created our land, our people, the plants and animals, our religon and the laws by which we live.
		Life is thus sustained in an orderly, balanced manner according to laws of the Bunjil.
		The use of dots and the general layout of the painters is similiar to those painted on Bunjil.
	www.wimmera.com.au /wimmera/2_brambuk_story.htm (402 words)

	Bunjil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Australian aboriginal mythology, specifically Kulin including Wurundjeri and Bunurong, Bunjil is the supreme god.
		According to Carolyn Briggs[1], a Bunurong Elder, Bunjil told the Bunurong always to welcome guests, but stipulated that guests should obey Bunjil's laws and do no harm to children or the land.
		This article relating to a myth or legend from Oceania is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bunjil (109 words)

	Bunjil the Creator of Women at Australian Aboriginal Legends and Lore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bunjil, often referred to as 'our father', taught the Kulin all the skills needed to survive and the Wurrunjerri state that he created all of the peoples.
		After his task of creating and teaching were finished, he left the earth for an abode in the sky.
		Bunjil held his hands over them and gave them life.
	myths.allinfoabout.com /myth10.html (451 words)

	AUSTRALIAN SUPERNATURAL BEINGS - Gods, Goddesses and Supernatural Beings - Divinities of the primitives (pre-literate ...
		Bunjil taught the Kulin the arts of life, and one legend states that in that time the Kulin married without any regard for kinship.
		That one is Bunjil; you see him and he sees you.' This was before Batman settled on the banks of the Yarra river, and is conclusive as to the primitive character of this belief.
		In fact, I cannot see any trace of the latter in him, for he is in all cases the old fl-fellow, and not the eagle-hawk, which his name denotes; while another actor may be the kangaroo, the spiny ant-eater, or the crane, and as much animal as human.
	alexm.here.ru /mirrors/www.enteract.com/jwalz/Eliade/001.html (1141 words)

	Off the Beaten Path - The Grampians Travel Guide - VirtualTourist.com
		According to the signs, the spirit figure of Bunjil is said to be the protector "of the natural world, his people and their beliefs" and the "ancestral hero" of the local Koori (Aboriginal) people.
		Bunjil's Shelter is one of Victoria's most important Aboriginal Art sites (The Grampians has the vast majority of them).
		Bunjil (depicted in the painting) is the Great Ancestor spirit and creator in Aboriginal Mythology who created the people, law, and customs.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Australia_and_Oceania/Australia/State_of_Victoria/The_Grampians-1875689/Off_the_Beaten_Path-The_Grampians-BR-1.html (946 words)

	Interview - Perspectives - A Window in Time - Parliament of Victoria
		Bunjil then made be Boonerwurung promise that they would respect the laws.
		Bunjil taught the Boonerwurung to always welcome guests, but he always required the Boonerwurung to ask all visitors to make two promises:
		to obey the laws of Bunjil and not to harm the children or the land of Bunjil.
	www.parliament.vic.gov.au /windowintime/views/showview.cfm?viewid=0 (1524 words)

	Bunjil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		According to the belief of those tribes, it was Bunjil who shaped the geographical features of the land and all living things.
		When Bunjil had finished creating the landscape and animals and instructing men, he became tired of staying upon the earth.
		Bunjil's shelter is Victoria’s most important Aboriginal rock art site.
	www.visitmelbourne.com /displayObject.cfm/ObjectID.0003AA9D-4E53-1A7F-8AE680C476A90000/vvt.vhtml (236 words)

	VUT: Equity & Social Justice - Koori Development & Support (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The people grew, and Bunjil with the help of his two dingoes travelled the land and taught the lore.
		With that an even bigger wind arose, that blew Bunjil and his family high up into the sky, where they live now, looking down on the world as stars.
		Inside is an ancient ochre painting of Bunjil, in spirit form, seated serene and proud with a large belly.
	w2.vu.edu.au /equity/kdsu/kdsu5.html (639 words)

	Bunjil is Swept from the Earth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A gentle breeze sped across the western lands, another to the east, another to the south, and a fiercer, colder wind to the north.
		So strong was the wind that it bent the tall trees double and denuded them of their leaves, while he and his family were blown right out of the world, together with all their possessions.
		It did not stop blowing until Bunjil and all his relatives and followers were blown back to their permanent home in the sky.
	astronomy.pomona.edu /archeo/Other%20student%20web%20sites/Alex%20N%20Smith/aborigines/southwind.htm (353 words)

	Carnamah Historical Society - Macpherson Homestead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Macpherson Homestead is situated one kilometre east of the Carnamah townsite and is accessible via a driveway on the Bunjil Road.
		The homestead was built on Duncan Macpherson’s Carnamah Station and is believed to have been constructed over the years 1869 to 1874, although some accounts state it wasn’t entirely completed until 1880.
		The Macpherson Homestead was one of the first permanent buildings to be built in the area and still stands roughly 130 years on.
	www.rootsweb.com /~auschs/mcph.htm (321 words)

	Library: A Small Dictionary of Pagan Gods & Goddesses-Oceanic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Aluluei has two faces, one to see where he is going, the other to see where he has been.
		Bunjil made men out of clay while his brother, Bat, made women out of water.
		Daramulun is usually portrayed with a mouth full of quartz and a huge phallus, carrying a stone axe.
	www.waningmoon.com /guide/library/lib0019m.html (827 words)

	Bunjil has landed in Docklands - theage.com.au
		The sculpture was inspired by Bunjil, the eaglehawk that is regarded as the spirit creator of the Kulin nations, which include the Wurundjeri people.
		The Bunjil-inspired work is part of the Docklands public art program under which an amount equal to 1 per cent of the development cost of each precinct is spent on public art, with totals likely to reach between $60 million and $70 million.
		The Wurundjeri people believe that Bunjil is a spiritual being who created people and all living things from the land.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/05/15/1021415011706.html (387 words)

	Chris Booth Sculpture
		Bunjil, the wedge tailed eagle, is also a Wurundjeri totem and is closely associated through legend to Cave Hill.
		An aspect of the legend is that a star that Bunjil threw is lodged deep within Cave Hill (Bukker Tillibul)
		It is from the quarry on Cave Hill that the large horizontal slab, symbolising Bunjil, was excavated and donated by the David Mitchell Quarry.
	www.chrisbooth.co.nz /bukker.html (125 words)

	Bunjil the Creator watches over us all « My Opinions Are Important
		Bunjil the Creator watches over us all « My Opinions Are Important
		No, the only state-sanctioned god in Australia is that of Bunjil the Eagle, who guides us beneath his sacred feathers and pecks out the eyes of evildoers.
		In recognition of this, the Victorian Government commissioned a new statue to be built in Bunjil’s honour.
	myopinionsareimportant.wordpress.com /2007/03/26/bunjil-the-creator-watches-over-us-all (237 words)

	Bunjil the Creator #1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Bunjil was not satisfied until he had created sentient human beings.
		Although without breath they were now named and ready for the infilling of the life force.
		Again Bunjil danced round them and then lay on their bodies, one after the other, breathing breath and life into their mouths, nostrils, and navels.
	astronomy.pomona.edu /archeo/Other%20student%20web%20sites/Alex%20N%20Smith/aborigines/bunjil1.htm (311 words)

	Office of the Public Advocate - media release: bunjil house and the mental health system fail to meet the needs of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A lack of adequate accommodation and support options for people with a mental illness is leading to increased instances of suicide and impacting on the recovery of people with a mental illness.
		He said the conditions at Bunjil House are indicative of the lack of long-term accommodation options for people who have a disability from a mental illness.
		"Community Visitors, whom the Office of the Public Advocate coordinates to visit Bunjil House, have for the past five years reported to the Minister cramped conditions, shared bedrooms and a lack of space for recreation activities", he said.
	www.publicadvocate.vic.gov.au /CA256A76007E8265/All/972F383A46CF6E8DCA256FB6001982FD?OpenDocument (401 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Plate 7.5 Bunjil's Cave, in the Black Range east of the Grampians National Park, Victoria (see also Plate 2.8).
		Bunjil is common in the Aboriginal mythology of south-eastern Australia, and is seen as a God-like figure.
		Two dingoes are to the right of Bunjil.
	www.es.mq.edu.au /courses/REM/illustrations/week7-slides/plate7_05-bunjilscave.htm (44 words)

	The Australian: Long walk finds followers [ 24nov04 ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Long's call for Australians to walk a mile in the shoes of an Aborigine also brought strangers to his side yesterday - a small group he hopes will grow into a million voices raised for change.
		Among them was Brian Lovett, an Aboriginal man studying at the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education in Darwin, who arrived with his son Bunjil, 11, whose name means eagle.
		Mr Lovett hoped the walk would make people more aware of "what we're going through", while Bunjil said he wanted to walk "all the way".
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /printpage/0,5942,11479767,00.html (393 words)

	Bunjil
		We called this performance (Bunjil), meaning Eagle, the protector spirit.
		Bunjil, they say, has protected and guided his culture through many changes.
		It is a time for understanding and appreciating the oldest civilization known to man. This was their story.
	www.cacegypt.org /theater/Bunjil.htm (146 words)

	"Bunjil's Shelter"
		Located in the Black range, 22km from Stawell on the Pomonal Rd., Bunjil's Shelter is one of Australia's most important Aboriginal Art sites.
		In the Aboriginal 'Dream-time', Bunjil was believed to have once been a man, and the father of all people; he was revered by all tribes in Central and Northern Victoria, and was the creator of all things and divined the laws and culture of the tribes.
		There are some 40 Aboriginal Art sites around The Grampians and they are best located and understood through the Brambuk Aboriginal Culture Centre in Halls Gap, which has displays and exhibitions, and operate tours to the most significant sites.
	www.wilmap.com.au /atts/303.html (108 words)

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		Just 11km south of Stawell is Bunjil's Shelter, a huge overhanging rock with aboriginal painting inset on a wall of an inner rock.
		Bunjil was a Dreamtime ancestor who created the surrounding landscape and gave the Jardwadjali and the Djab Wurrung people the laws that they lived by.
		When Bunjil died, he turned into a star.
	www.holidayparksvictoria.net.au /ViewTown.asp?IDtown=154 (584 words)

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