The Legend of Kupirri, or, The Red Kangaroo / An Aboriginal Tradition of the Port Lincoln Tribe

A narrated Aboriginal tradition recounts a monstrous red kangaroo named Kupirri whose size and ferocity terrorize a Port Lincoln tribe until two hunters, Pilla and Inda, track and confront it on a mountain. Their spears break, they quarrel and wound each other, then reconcile and kill Kupirri, discovering inside the bodies of comrades it had eaten. Using their healing skills they revive the eaten men, the group feasts on the kangaroo, and the two hunters are later transformed into the opossum and the native cat, retaining the scars of their struggle. The pamphlet combines lyric scene-setting, cultural notes, and brief commentary on Aboriginal legends.