Bobtales (1998)

In a series of thirteen five minute Aboriginal Dreamtime stories, from various areas of Western Australia, Bobtales tells stories about how some of the native animals got to look the way they do, and how the moon and some of the stars got into the sky. With animation based on the drawings of Aboriginal children throughout the State, Bobtales is imaginative, colourful and entertaining. Episodes: Why the Echidna Has Quills The Emu, the Brolga and the Eagle The Legend of the Kwilena Three Springs (The Story of Cooking) Why the Numbat has stripes / Why the Chudich has spots and the Emu can't fly Meeak Mia / The Story of Wilara How Norn the Snake got the Poison / The Great Eye Swap The Dove and the Mountain Devil Waitj and the Djindong The Kingfisher Tribe Younger and Maak How the Parrots got their Colours The Story of the Southern Cross.