Where in Australia is the bunyip?

Question

I know about the bunyip legend - but is there any particular location where the Bunyip is supposed to be hiding? Or is it meant to haunt places all over Australia?

Answer 1

I don't think it's meant to be in a specific place.

It's amphibious and lives in still water is what I’ve heard

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I know it’s not local though it’s all across the country I live in NSW and my relatives in South Australia and we've all heard of it

Try this article it states that the word bunyips is common in some Aboriginal languages for a frightening monster.

So if it's known across a range of languages it must be know in a range of places. So can’t be local to one place.

So I guess 'The Bunyip' is everywhere!

Edit  -  BILLABONG'S, that's the word I was looking for!!!

They hide in billabongs! That's what I was told when I was little, so they must be everywhere! (Good logic that, ‘cause they told me so’.)

Answer 2

They hang around during school camps...

Answer 3

THEY HANG AROUND BILLABONG'S

Answer 4

In 1846, a peculiar skull was taken from the banks of Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales. In the first flush of excitement, several experts concluded that it was the skull of something unknown to science. In 1847 the so-called bunyip skull was put on exhibition in the Australian Museum (Sydney) for two days. Visitors flocked to see it and The Sydney Morning Herald said that it prompted many people to speak out about their 'bunyip sightings'. "Almost everyone became immediately aware that he had heard 'strange sounds' from the lagoons at night, or had seen 'something black' in the water." It was eventually concluded that it was a 'freak of nature' and not a new species. The 'bunyip skull' disappeared from the museum soon afterwards, and its present location is unknown.[

Answer 5

Have a look at this website - http://uqconnect.net/~zzlaueli/bunyips.h... - it will answer all your questions about Bunyips, legends, supposed sightings etc.

Answer 6

Yep, I'd say Billabongs (water holes) too. But I had this book when I was a kid, 'The Bunyip of Berkley's Creek', so maybe it's anywhere with water...

Answer 7

I've never heard of there being Bunyip in Australia.