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their hands and they hit the rocks and the N: From the Gulf of Car- water’s splashing. We knew what it was but pentaria? we didn’t go out to see them. G: Yes. Right through to N: Who was it? Canberra. Now you look in G: The little Goowawas. the distance, you see Yarin- N: Goowawas? gabilly Caves and that’s G: Well, they're there, the Goowawas. Now, part of the same waterway there’s another, a group of women - what we and then further up you get call Maleema. They have long hair right the Jenolan Caves, They're down to here. Pretty women. They live in the all linked into the one main mountains. channel. When I was in the N: Are they very small too? United States a couple of G: No, they're big. The size of me. They’re years ago, a spiritual man beautiful and they have long hair. They come said to me “Guboo - our to the Nowra Show sometimes and no-one eyes are on Australia, the notices them. And they’re the ones with the centre’s going to go under” seeing and they’re still surviving in the south. - the centre’s going to go N: And they’ re brown too? down. G: Yes, the same colour as myself. I can really see why, N: You said Rex didn’t have a chance, he now. Roxby Downs is a big wasn't in the race... mining place - so that G: He isn’t in the race because they know they're taking millions and he’s coming, that’s why. When I meditate, I millions of gallons of water see, and ] know exactly when someone's out. And they’re pumping it coming - and I know thatifI concentrateI can outofthecentre of Australia see that fella - in a vision I can see him to clean the uranium. And coming. We knew that Captain Cook was you know what they're coming thousands of miles away, and all he leaving? They're leaving a saw was when we were walking up the beach shelf and the water’s gone towards Sydney. We knew he was coming a down a long way. And long time ago. that’s why I believe the You can't sneak up on me in the bush -I centre’s going to go under - know when you're coming, I can feel you because they're taking all the water out. coming. So - the Yowie - I never interfere Taking the pressure off. with him because he’s part of the world, part N: The Rainbow Serpent comes down the of our life; he probably, I'd say, might be the mountains? beginning. You know, this is one of the G: Yes. It’s the Rainbow Serpent that comes Jackie Jackie A Contemporary Koori Song oldest countries in the world as far as I’m out in the stone up in Mount Dromedary, Jackie Jackie was a smart young fellow concerned. backing on to where I live and you see it at | fulloffun andenergy — ; N: The beginning of all of us, the Yowie? about twenty -five feet high. It’s a big stone | h¢ was thinking of getting married G: Yes, yes. and it comes up and curls right down tothe | >uthis girl ran away, you see ground. It’s just one massive stone going up, Chorus CRIKITA BOOBULA WILDEE MAYA Rainbow Serpent his neck and his head, And his eyes are on it. So everything on that mountain is part of our culture, like our Bible - what we believe. N. And what about Bunyips? So that’s it - and thank you for coming G-: Bunyip’s a different one. Bunyips are like around. the Rainbow Serpent. One came up at Wal- N: Thank you, Guboo. laga, about two hundred years ago, when white man came. - R.A. N- A bunyip came up the Wallaga Lake? G: Not the bunyip, the Rainbow Serpent. Undemeath where I live, straight out towards Canberra, there’s what they call a big lake, a Lake George. You know it gocs dry - all the water goes. Well it goes down these holes. Now we're related to the Aurukun people in the Gulf of Carpentaria and that's where they talk about the Rainbow Serpent. So under- neath that waterhole there’s a big waterway running all the time and that’s where he comes through all that, underneath. BILLINANIJAI JING JALLYWA Hunting food was Jackie’s business ‘til the white man came along put his fences across the country now the hunting days are gone Chorus Jackie Jackie was a smart young fellow full of fun and energy He’s the only man that could tell you what the emu told the kangaroo, Oh Chorus EARTHWALK - REBIRTH the EARTH Guboo and many tribal elciers from Aus- tralia, New Zealand, and chiefs and rep- resentatlives from the Hopi, Navaho, Mohawk, Winnebago and Iriquois tribes are gathering at Uluru (Ayer’s Rock) be- tween March 28th and April 30th - see LinkUp section for detoils of EARTHWALK and an upcoming EARTHWALK confer- ence on April 7-9ih at the Mertoo Confer- ence Centre al Kurrajong, NSW. Now the country’s short of money Jackie Jackie sits and laughs all day White fella want to give it back to Jackie No fear, Jackie won't have it that way, Oh MELUS New Times Bight - Awbuoe ? Jackie Jackie Rainbow Serpent Wwe