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The history of Indigenous bark canoes in Australia - 1966 | RetroFocus
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5:47Now PlayingMaking and sailing bark boats is popular with children who picnic on the banks of the Murray River. But it's nothing new.
The traditional owners of the land have been making canoes from the bark of the red gums for tens of thousands of years.
This ABC Town and Country story from 1966 explores the history of the bark canoe and tells the story the great ancestor, Ngurunderi, who chased the murray cod in his bark canoe.
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