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There's a spread in this book (reproduced at the link) where Goorialla creates a shallow lagoon. It has no bearing on the plot in a conventional sense but I'd always liked what it have a glimpse to. The story isn't just narrative but a spatial record and a vector of sites across country
harrysaddler.bsky.social Harry Saddler @harrysaddler.bsky.social · Jan 27
I often remember the Rainbow Serpent, which I adored as a kid, but as a kid I made no note then of the author and being older and more anxious now, I’ve long worried that perhaps it was a misappropriated story. How delightful to learn this morning that it wasn’t: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
With The Rainbow Serpent, Dick Roughsey shared the spirit of our country. His work is a gift to us all | Alexis Wright
Miles Franklin-winner Alexis Wright pays tribute to the first book that visualised this powerful ancestral being from an Indigenous imagination
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January 27, 2026 at 10:53 PM
graveolens.bsky.social
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(occasionally I will repost this old one of mine...)
The Swift Luminescent Energy Drink of the Psyche, or, When Goorialla Whirls and Whorls and Roars
YouTube video by diproton
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October 2, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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The Swift Luminescent Energy Drink of the Psyche, or, When Goorialla Whirls and Whorls and Roars
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March 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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The Swift Luminescent Energy Drink of the Psyche, or, When Goorialla Whirls and Whorls and Roars
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September 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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The Swift Luminescent Energy Drink of the Psyche, or, When Goorialla Whirls and Whorls and Roars
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April 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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The Swift Luminescent Energy Drink of the Psyche, or, When Goorialla Whirls and Whorls and Roars
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February 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
yardcg.bsky.social
The foundational story of the Australian Aboriginal culture is believed to be tens of thousands years old. The serpent clearly experiences guilt and regret upon realising his failure to live up to his own rules.

dreamtime.net.au/rainbow-serp...
(A third of this does not fit in the alt text, so just follow the link instead of reading the auto-truncation.) "At the beginning of the Dreamtime, the earth was flat and dry and empty. There were no trees, no rivers, no animals and no grass. It was a dry and flat land. One day, Goorialla, the rainbow serpent woke from his sleep and set off to find his tribe. He crossed Australia from east to west and north to south, stopping to listen for his people. He crossed every part of the dry, flat Australia but found nothing. After searching for a long time, he grew tired and lay down to sleep. The land he lay down to sleep on was not the same land he had set out to search for his people on, though. As he had looked for his people, his big, long body had cut great gouges into the land. Goorialla lay in the sand all alone until he decided to create more life in the world. He called “Frogs, come out!” and frogs rose out of the ground with their bellies full of the water they stored. He tickled the frogs until the water burst from their mouth and filled the gouges in the land. These gouges made the rivers and streams we see today. As the water flowed over the land, grass and trees began to grow and fill the land with colour. Now that there was grass to eat and water to drink, Goorialla woke the animals. The kookaburra laughed, the goanna walked, and the wombat climbed out of her burrow, all for the first time. Some animals lived in the sea, swimming back and forward. Some animals lived in the sky, flying with their friends to distant places. Some animals lived on the land, digging and playing in the sand. They were happy and gathered food and water to bring back to their own tribes. The Rainbow Serpent made rules that all animals had to obey. He said “All animals that obey the rules will be rewarded by becoming humans. The animals that disobey the rules will be punished.” Some animals followed the rules and were rewarded by being turned into humans. Other animals diso…
March 19, 2026 at 3:31 AM
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The great rainbow Serpent of Australian mythology who shaped the world youtu.be/WBPwQydKSOs?... #Goorialla #AboriginalFolklore #AustralianFolklore
Goorialla | The Rainbow Serpent
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February 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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The Swift Luminescent Energy Drink of the Psyche, or, When Goorialla Whirls and Whorls and Roars
YouTube video by diproton
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March 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM