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Overview
The Bunnyyarl and Wurrunnunnah are described as relations sharing a camp. The Wurrunnunnah gather provisions in plentiful times, while the Bunnyyarl spend their time around rubbish and rely on sharing what the others bring. When invited to collect flower honey before winter, the Bunnyyarl decline. The Wurrunnunnah gather and store it alone, then abandon the shared camp rather than continue doing its work.
The brief ending changes the Wurrunnunnah into little wild bees and the Bunnyyarl into flies. It identifies their contrasting habits with the preceding household dispute. Relations establishes a connection between the two groups, but does not specify parents, children or siblings. The text supplies no separate named individual within either group.
Origins & earliest records
K. Langloh Parker, Australian Legendary Tales (1896), Bunnyyarl the Flies and Wurrunnunnah the Bees. Narran-region collection; individual narrator unspecified.
Records & interpretation
Complete published English chapter supplies the stated sequence and ending. Its account is situated in Parker’s historical collection and not universalised across Australian communities.
Selected bibliography
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Australian Legendary Tales: Bunnyyarl the Flies and Wurrunnunnah the Bees
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References
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- Primary historical collected narrativeParker: Bunnyyarl the Flies and Wurrunnunnah the BeesResearch access: 2026-10-05
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