Borun the Pelican and Tuk the Musk Duck

The Dreamtime Ancestors of the Gunaikurnai.

Borun and Tuk

The First Aboriginal Man and Women

A long time ago the first people were animals and the first Gunaikurnai Man was Borun (a Pelican).

Borun came a long, long way from the hills, looking for a place to live, carrying a bark canoe on his head. He's walking, walking and he hears tapping! Looks here, looks there, nothing! Where's the tap, tap coming from? He comes to a river puts down the canoe and what's inside? Tuk (a Musk duck). Borun sees Tuk, likes Tuk and they start the Gunaikurnai people.

As told by: Robert Andy – Tatungooloong Gunaikurnai

Maps

Bataluk Cultural Trail
Clan areas on the Bataluk Cultural Trail
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Contact

Krowathunkooloong Keeping Place
Gippsland and East Gippsland Aboriginal Co-operative
37 - 53 Dalmahoy Street
Bairnsdale
Tel: (03) 5152 1891
Borun Cultural Tours www.borunculturaltours.com.au
Visitor Information Centres Orbost  (03) 5154 2424
Lakes Entrance  (03) 5155 1966
Bairnsdale  (03) 5152 3444
Maffra  (03) 5141 1811
Sale  1800 677 520

Sites

  1. white woman's waterhole
    won wron state reserve
  2. the lagoon
    sale common state game reserve
  3. the knob reserve
    stratford
  4. ramahyuck cemetery
    perry bridge
  5. den of nargun
    mitchell river national park
  6. krowathunkooloong keeping place
    bairnsdale
  7. howitt park
    bairnsdale
  8. legend rock
    metung
  9. buchan caves
    buchan
  10. burnt bridge reserve
    lake tyers forest park
  11. salmon rock and gunai boardwalk
    cape conran

Please treat all sites along the trail with respect and care to ensure they are preserved for future generations.