via D’harawal dreaming stories – ‘Stories my mother told me’ – Frances Bodkin
Author: dharawalstories
D’harawal Annual Seasons – Perpetual Calendar and poster
An A4, printable, one-page-per-month, colouring-in calendar illustrating the six D’harawal annual seasons (or the twelve months as we know them).
The six annual seasons are outlined in the D’harawal: Climate and Natural Resources book.
Perpetual Calendar pdf 10.5Mb
You can also download a coloured poster version of this calendar – it can be reproduced in colour up to A1 size if you like:
Dharawal annual cycle poster cropped 74Mb
Colouring-in
Bah’naga and Mun’dah: The Goanna and the Black Snake
Mugga’go and Binnit: The Ironbark and the Tawny Frogmouth
Bundelook: How the Birds Got Their Colour
Burra’gorang: The Giant Kangaroo
Diru’wun and Diru’wunan: The Currawongs and the Magpies
Gadigam: How the Black Ants came to be
Gaya’dari: How the Platypus came to be
Gudgad: How the Frogs came to be
Kai’mia: the Story of the Gymea Lily
Mararan and Marareen: How the Spiders came to be
Maridyulu Gagamari: The Story of the Echidna
Migadan: The Legend of the Bargo River
Miwa Gawaian and Waratah: How the White Waratah became Red
Mull’goh: The Black Swan
Boola Diday Murrawang: the Emu Sisters
Pokulbi: How the Dianella Came to Be
Wattun Goori:The story of the Hairy Men and how the Banksias came to be
How the Wombat lost his Tail