Ngurunderi, recorded by George Taplin

In 1874 missionary George Taplin published The Narrinyeri, recording Ngarrindjeri accounts of the ancestor Ngurunderi, who chased the giant Murray cod Pondi and shaped the Murray River, the Coorong and Lake Alexandrina.

1874 CE · -35.55, 138.88 · status: legend

The account

Ngarrindjeri people have since told the story in their own words, including in the South Australian Museum's Ngurunderi exhibition (1982). Taplin's book is valuable but filtered through a mission lens.

Connections in the atlas

• Hindmarsh Island 'secret women's business'

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Ngarrindjeri