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Australian folklore

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Don Bradman
Australian cricketer (1908–2001)
Waltzing Matilda
Australian country folk ballad
Somerton Man
1948 unsolved death of an unidentified man in Somerton, South Australia
Kokoda Track campaign
part of the Pacific War of World War II
Rainbow Serpent
creator god and common motif in the art and religion of Aboriginal Australia
Eureka Rebellion
1854 miners' revolt in Victoria, Australia
Marree Man
modern geoglyph, depicting a man hunting with a boomerang or stick, on a plateau at Finnis Springs 60 km west of Marree, South Australia, Australia
death of Azaria Chamberlain
1980 fatal dingo attack in Australia
tall tale
story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual
Australian gold rush
some of the many goldrushes that are in Australia's history from the 1800's to the 1900's
Picnic at Hanging Rock
1967 novel by Joan Lindsay
Dancing Man
picture of a man dancing on the street in Sydney, Australia
Eureka Flag
symbolic flag used at the Eureka Stockade
Easter Bilby
Australian holiday character
Pintupi Nine
group of Aboriginal Australian traditional hunter-gatherers
disappearance of Harold Holt
disappearance of Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt off the coast of Portsea, Victoria
Red Dog
dog
Les Darcy
Australian boxer (1895-1917)
Australian cricket team in England in 1948
visit to England by the Australian cricket team in 1948
Moondyne Joe
convict, bushranger
Westall UFO
1966 UFO incident in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
William Buckley
English convict who was transported to Australia and then escaped
Fisher's ghost
popular Australian ghost story dating to the early 19th century
UFO sightings in Australia
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