Aboriginal history at your fingertips
(WorldNews Health)

Bunjil [a mythical Aborginal spirit] keeps a watchful eye on people and offers guidance to those who listen.... After creating the mountains, rivers, all living things and the laws for humans to live by, Bunjil gathered his family together and asked the crow Waa [a Moiety ancestor in Australian Aboriginal mythology] for help. Waa created a storm and Bunjil and his people were blown into the sky. There Bunjil became the [constellation] Altair. His two wives, the black swans, became stars on either side.... Bunjil Shelter [a cave in Western Victoria where the bird is believed to have resided] is a well-known visitor attraction that carries the only known rock art painting of the Bunjil."...