The legend of Watari : Green Island
Illustrated by students of Flinders Park Primary School
Year One Class 2.3 2020
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This story is a version from one local family. Other families have different creation stories which may differ from this version.Loading...
The original text for this story was told by Lynette Knapp and sourced from:Goode, Brad & Albany (W.A.) & Western Australia. Department of Indigenous Affairs (2005). Kinjarling, the place of rain : the City of Albany & Department of Indigenous Affairs Aboriginal Heritage Survey : a report prepared for the City of Albany and the Department of Indigenous Affairs. Brad Goode & Associates, Dunsborough, W.A
Watari or Green Island is an Aboriginal hunting and fishing place located in Mairtich, Oyster Harbour.
Watari or Green Island is a place of mythological significance because it is part of the Menang Kinjarling Creation Myth.
This story was told to Captain Collett Barker in the 1800's by Mokare, a Noongar man.
This part of the myth tells the story of how Mairtich - Oyster Harbour and Watari - Green Island were made by a yonga (kangaroo) woman named Watari and her twoort (dog) Whatami.
The legend of Watari : Green Island