LAUGH KOOKABURRA, LAUGH

[william williams]

Thank you Leonie Yes they were people to which I have a great deal of respect with untill the so and so's put there big wig in and destoryed a great race of people that were not ready to be assimulated a lot of the modern young city so called aborigines do not know the true meaning of culture and a way of life even our modern young have this problem but let us hope that they do not destroy what was once there

I think the proper spelling of U-gar-ies is u-gr-ee or plural u-gr-ees i don't believe they had an a or I pronounced in their dialect

Thank Leonie

Bill the old Battler

[Maureen K Clifford]

Eugaries (pipis) and beach shellfish are particularly abundant on Moreton Island - we used to collect heaps of them when we camped over there and they were easy to find if you checked when a 4wd went past as they showed up as little humps in the sand. Must have been the pressure of the vehicle compressing the sand and water that made them pop up.

[Leonie]

There used to be lots of them at Caloundra too when I was a kid. We used to dig for them with our feet, sort of swivel our feet around in the sand and you would feel them with your toes. I shudder to think what you might find in the sand if you did that today.