点评:I have to admit that things that make me go 'hmmm' will always be appealing to me... I have visited bunyips before like the Mulgildie Bunyip Statue and the hilarious Bunyip at Murray Bridge... but this one is different to both of those.
Carved from wood it is quite imposing... with his arms in the air making him appear larger than life. It is believed that Tooradin was named after a water monster, Too-Roo-Dun, that British author Brough Smyth described in his book, Aborigines of Victoria. (1878)
Tooradin was held by the Yallock Bulluk (River People) clan of the Bunurong people who were part of the Kulin Nation. They believed that a fearsome monster lived in deep holes in the muddy inlet. The name for the monster was Too-roo-dun, which was adapted by the European settlers and became Tooradin.
翻译:我必须承认,那些让我“嗯嗯”的东西总是吸引着我……我以前参观过 Bunyips,比如 Mulgildie Bunyip 雕像和 Murray Bridge 的滑稽 Bunyip……但这个与那两个都不同。
它用木头雕刻而成,非常气势磅礴……他的双臂高举,显得比真人还大。据说 Tooradin 的名字取自英国作家 Brough Smyth 在他的书《维多利亚原住民》(1878 年)中描述的水怪 Too-Roo-Dun。
Tooradin 由 Bunurong 人的 Yallock Bulluk(河人)氏族所拥有,他们是 Kulin 民族的一部分。他们相信,泥泞的入口处的深洞里住着一个可怕的怪物。怪物的名字是 Too-roo-dun,欧洲定居者采用了这个名字,并称之为 Tooradin。