| 1 | This be the tribulations of the Great Species: |
| 2 | The death of the giant wombat; |
| 3 | The death of the giant marsh rhino; |
| 4 | The giant bandicoot; |
| 5 | The giant kangaroo; |
| 6 | The death of giant emu. |
| 7 | This be the tribulation and death of great skin names; |
| 8 | The death of the sacred giant totems of first ancestors. |
| 9 | Whose spirits still inhabit these lands. |
| 10 | It be knowledge and awakening then of the Great Cycle of Seasons, |
| 11 | In knowledge of country and generations: |
| 12 | That the land sometimes be in sleep of snow, ice and cold; |
| 13 | The land sometimes be in bloom of trees, grasses, rivers, lakes and animals; |
| 14 | The land sometimes be in great heat, desert and death; |
| 15 | The land sometimes be in sparse trees, waterholes and shade. |
| 16 | The Great Species did survive the great age of cooling 9,470 generations ago, |
| 17 | When for 2,630 generations the land was cool, |
| 18 | When sea dropped again by more than the height of two men than it is today; |
| 19 | The great mountains of ice returned to the south; |
| 20 | When there was less food. |
| 21 | The Great Species did survive the Great Season of Ice and Cold, |
| 22 | That started 6,263 generations ago, |
| 23 | When the land dried up and the animals died; |
| 24 | When the mountains were frozen once again; |
| 25 | While a bitter and dry wind cut the land and killed the plants. |
| 26 | Yet the Great Species faced two tribulations, |
| 27 | They could not survive: |
| 28 | The first be great death of fire and ash, |
| 29 | That came from the islands of the north; |
| 30 | Blanketing the country 3,894 generations ago; |
| 31 | Burning all the vegetation and animals; |
| 32 | Killing all the giant animals in the north and west; |
| 33 | Blocking out the sun and caused all to become frozen desert. |
| 34 | The second great tribulation be the Second Great Season of Ice and Cold, |
| 35 | That started 2,526 generations ago; |
| 36 | So quick and fast was the change, that animals froze to death, while still eating; |
| 37 | Animals froze to death before they could find shelter. |
| 38 | Within one generation, the land was covered in ice and snow. |
| 39 | The Great Animals were no more. |
| 40 | This be the origin of bunyip: |
| 41 | The voices of the great animals who died during the tribulation; |
| 42 | And the voices of first and second ancestors who also died; |
| 43 | And became one with the spirits of the great animals. |
| 44 | To remember and honor them; |
| 45 | To remember it was their season and time to go; |
| 46 | To never forget that the spirits of the land took them, |
| 47 | Not by the hand of people. |
| 48 | They are with us always. |
| 49 | When we honor ancestors and country. |
| 50 | We honor the spirit of Great Species. |
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