The bunyip, or kianpraty, is
a large mythical creature from Australian Aboriginal mythology, said to lurk in
swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes. The origin of the word
bunyip has been traced to the Wemba-Wemba or Wergaia language of Aboriginal
people of South-Eastern Australia.
However, the bunyip appears to
have formed part of traditional Aboriginal beliefs and stories throughout
Australia, although its name varied according to tribal nomenclature. In his
2001 book, writer Robert Holden identified at least nine regional variations
for the creature known as the bunyip across Aboriginal Australia. Various
written accounts of bunyips were made by Europeans in the early and mid-19th
century, as settlement spread across the country. some experts said that Bunyip
may be
origined by extinct Australian Megafauna such as Diprotodon or giant wombat.
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