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Alternative title: How the Numbat Got Stripes and the Chudich Got Spots
Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 Why the Numbat Has Stripes and Why the Chuditch Has Spots and the Emu Can't Fly
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'Two short tales about how some animals got to look the way they do. The first tells how the numbat's desire to look more beautiful didn't work out the way she hoped. The second tells how the Chudich got white spots on his side.' (Source: National Film & Sound Archive)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

      1997 .
      Extent: 5 min.p.
      Series: form y separately published work icon Bobtales Western Australia : Gripping Films & Graphics Western Australia Aboriginal Media Association , 1997 6183152 1997 series - publisher film/TV dreaming story

      'Bobtales is an animated series of thirteen five minute Aboriginal Dreamtime stories for young children. These enchanting five-minute tales bring to life stories of how some of Australia's native animals came to look the way they do, and why the moon and the stars appear in the sky. Presented by Aboriginal storytellers, these beautifully illustrated stories use dynamic computer animation based on drawings by Aboriginal children from Western Australia to tell traditional legends in an imaginative and colourful way.' (Source: Bobtales Animated Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories for Children website; and National Film & Sound Archive website)

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