Editing Bunyip (section)

== In popular culture and fiction ==
* ''The Bunyip'' is a local weekly newspaper published in the town of [[Gawler, South Australia]]. First published as a pamphlet by the Gawler Humbug Society in 1863, the name was chosen because "the Bunyip is the true type of Australian Humbug!"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bunyippress.com.au/fixed/history.html|title=Below is a short account of the foundation and development of Gawler's Weekly Newspaper|year=2000|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060721004112/http://www.bunyippress.com.au/fixed/history.html|archive-date=21 July 2006|work=The Bunyip (Gawler's Weekly Newspaper)|quote= Beneath the nineteenth-century dignity of colonial Gawler ran an undercurrent of excitement. Somewhere in the mildness of the spring afternoon an antiquated press clacked out a monotonous rhythm with a purpose never before known in the town. Then the undercurrent burst in a wave of jubilation—Gawler's first newspaper, ''The Bunyip'', was on the streets.}}</ref>
*A private residence built in the 1860s in [[Clifton Hill, Victoria|Clifton Hill]], Victoria, was redeveloped in the 1970s as the "House of the Gentle Bunyip", an ecumenical Christian community, the first of several such initiatives.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110922059 |title=Around the Churches |author=Graham Downie |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=53 |issue=15,753 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=8 November 1978 |access-date=10 December 2024 |page=32 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

[[File:The bunyip - brown fairy book.png|thumb|Illustration by [[Henry Justice Ford|H. J. Ford]] accompanying the tale "The Bunyip" in the ''Brown Fairy Book'']]
Numerous tales of the bunyip in written literature appeared in the 19th and early 20th centuries.  One of the earliest known is a story in [[Andrew Lang]]'s ''[[Andrew Lang's Fairy Books#Brown Fairy Book (1904)|The Brown Fairy Book]]'' (1904), adapted from a tale collected and published in the Journal of the Anthropological Institute in 1899.<ref name="Dunlop1899">{{cite journal |last1=Dunlop |first1=W. |last2=Holmes |first2=T. V. |title=Australian Folklore Stories |journal=The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland |date=1899 |volume=28 |issue=1/2 |pages=22–34 |doi=10.2307/2842928 |jstor=2842928 |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/2842928 |issn=0959-5295}}</ref>

[[File:Bunyip State Library of Victoria 2021.jpg|thumb|Bronze statue of The Bunyip by Ron Brooks (born 1947), illustrator and sculptor. From ''The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek'', by [[Jenny Wagner (author)|Jenny Wagner]] (born 1939). Forecourt of the [[State Library of Victoria]].]]
* Well-known Australian author [[Colin Thiele]] wrote ''Gloop The Gloomy Bunyip'', an illustrated children's book published in 1962.
* The character Alexander Bunyip, created by children's author and illustrator Michael Salmon, first appeared in print in ''The Monster That Ate Canberra'' (1972).<ref>{{cite book |last = Salmon |first = Michael |title = The Monster That Ate Canberra |isbn = 0-9579550-4-9|year = 2004 |publisher = National Capital Authority }}</ref> Salmon featured the Bunyip character in many other books and adapted his work as a live-action television series, ''[[Alexander Bunyip's Billabong]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Bunyips : Australia's folklore of fear|last=Holden, Robert.|date=2001|publisher=National Library of Australia|others=Holden, Nicholas.|isbn=0-642-10732-7|location=Canberra|oclc=47913268}}</ref> A statue of Alexander Bunyip by [[Anne Ross (Australian sculptor)|Anne Ross]], called ''A is for Alexander, B is for Bunyip, C is for Canberra'', was commissioned by the ACT Government for [[Gungahlin]]'s $3.8&nbsp;million town park<ref>{{citation |url = http://the-riotact.com/the-bunyip-unveiled/42914 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130524023707/http://the-riotact.com/the-bunyip-unveiled/42914 |archive-date = 24 May 2013 |title = The Bunyip unveiled |publisher = RiotACT |first = John |last = Griffiths}}</ref> and installed in front of the Gungahlin Library in 2011.<ref>{{cite video |date = 4 September 2009 |title = Bunyip coming to Gungahlin |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iphfduKumo0 |publisher = WIN News |location = Australia |access-date = 7 May 2010}}</ref>
*(1916) ragtime musical comedy ''[[Bunyip (musical)|The Bunyip]]'' or ''The Enchantment of Fairy Princess Wattle Blossom'' by Ella Palzier Campbell (AKA [[Ella Airlie]]) toured nine venues in three states for a year with Fuller Brothers theatre circuit. Music was supplied by a number of Australian stage personalities including [[Vince Courtney]], [[Herbert De Pinna]], Fred Monument and James Kendis.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/293343 |title = State Library Victoria – Viewer}}</ref>

The Australian tourism boom of the 1970s brought a renewed interest in bunyip mythology.
* (1972) A coin-operated bunyip was built by Dennis Newell at [[Murray Bridge, South Australia|Murray Bridge]], South Australia, at Sturt Reserve on the town's riverfront.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.adhills.com.au/tourism/towns/murraybridge/attractions.html |title = What to See & Do in Murray Bridge |access-date = 26 May 2007 |work = Murray Bridge Tourism Information |publisher = Adelaide Hills On-Line |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130511075851/http://www.adhills.com.au/tourism/towns/murraybridge/attractions.html |archive-date = 11 May 2013 |quote = When a coin is inserted in the machine the bunyip raises from the depths of its cave, booming forth its loud ferocious roar.}}</ref>
* [[Jenny Wagner (author)|Jenny Wagner]] published a children's picture book, ''The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek'' (1973).<ref>{{cite book |title = The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek |first = Jenny |last = Wagner |isbn = 0-14-050126-6|date = January 1975 |publisher = Puffin Books }}</ref>
* (1977) The film ''[[Dot and the Kangaroo (film)|Dot and the Kangaroo]]'' contains a song "The Bunyip (Bunyip Moon)".<ref>{{citation |url = http://sweetsoundtrack.com/Movies/dot-and-the-kangaroo-1977 |publisher = Sweet Soundtrack |title = Dot and the Kangaroo (1977) |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131123063920/http://sweetsoundtrack.com/Movies/dot-and-the-kangaroo-1977 |archive-date = 23 November 2013}}</ref> The bunyip was the subject of ''[[Dot and the Smugglers]]'' where the title character, Dot, and her animal friends foil a [[circus]]-[[ringmaster (circus)|ringmaster]]'s plan to capture a bunyip. The bunyip turns out to be a gentle, shy creature.
* (1982) [[Graham Jenkin]] wrote a children's picture book, ''The Ballad of the Blue Lake Bunyip''<ref>{{cite book |title = The Ballad of the Blue Lake Bunyip |first = Graham |last = Jenkins |isbn = 0949641030|date = January 1982 |publisher = Omnibus Books }}</ref>
* (1996) Australian children's author [[Jackie French]] wrote several bunyip tales, including the short story "Bunyip's Gift", collected in the anthology ''Mind's Eye''.
* An episode of ''[[The Silver Brumby (TV series)|The Silver Brumby]]'' featured a friendly, prank-playing bunyip.
* Wommy, a character on ''[[Noah's Island]]'', keeps mentioning bunyips and mistook Noah, the noble [[polar bear]] who's the title character, and [[feral cats]] for bunyips.
* (1986) The Australian film ''[[Frog Dreaming]]'' centres around the search for a bunyip called Donkegin.
* (2016) The independent Australian film ''[[Red Billabong]]'' was released in 2016. It tells of two estranged brothers who find themselves stalked by the Bunyip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thereelbits.com/2016/08/24/review-red-billabong/|title=Review: Red Billabong|first=Richard|last=Gray|date=24 August 2016|website=The Reel Bits|access-date=4 January 2018|archive-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104200635/https://thereelbits.com/2016/08/24/review-red-billabong/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Bunyip stories have also been published outside Australia.

[[File:Chander Pahar Page-0.jpg|thumb|Bunyip as presented in [[Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]]'s [[Chander Pahar]]. Art by Jukto Binir Basu.]]

* (1937) [[Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]] wrote a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] novel ''[[Chander Pahar]]'' (''Mountain of the Moon'') that included an account of a bunyip. The novel was adapted as a [[Chander Pahar (film)|film of the same name]], released in late 2013. The bunyip was portrayed as the primary threat to the treasure seekers in the wilderness of the [[Richtersveld]] mountains in southern Africa. In the novel, the bunyip is described as a three-toed ape-like [[hominid]].
* From 1954 to 1966, [[Bertie the Bunyip]] was the lead puppet character on a popular children's series on Channel 3 in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania.<ref>{{citation |last = Wilkinson |first = Gerry |url = http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/bertiethebunyip.html |title=Bertie The Bunyip on Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia |publisher=Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130731022850/http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/bertiethebunyip.html |archive-date = 31 July 2013}}</ref>
* (1992) The roleplaying game, ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]'', appropriates the Bunyip legend, having the Bunyip actually be a tribe of Australian native Garou, or werewolves. However, they are not playable in the game as, according to the game's lore, they were driven to extinction by the European werewolves during the colonisation of Australia.

The Bunyip has been featured in films as well.

* In the 1978 [[Ozploitation]] eco-horror film ''[[Long Weekend (1978 film)|Long Weekend]]'', a bunyip is featured as a creature that terrorizes the main couple in the film, who trash a peaceful Australian beach.

In the 21st century, the bunyip has been featured in works around the world.

* (2002) The video game series ''[[Ty the Tasmanian Tiger]]'' portrays Bunyips as peaceful, mystical elders who inhabit the world of The Dreaming, though not as ferocious as their namesake and resembling primates. The robotic suits that Ty can pilot in ''[[Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue]]'' and ''[[Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan]]'' are named after the Bunyips, such as Shadow Gunyip, Battle Gunyip and Missile Gunyips.
* (2008) The [[MMORPG]] [[Runescape]] features a [[familiar]] Bunyip, whom largely represents the folklore description.
* (2009) A character named Bruce Bunyip appears in the children's book ''The Neddiad'' by American [[Daniel Pinkwater]]. He is initially described as "big and swarthy, and had tiny eyes, a scowl and his eyebrows grew together" and later says he is a monster.<ref>{{citation |first = Daniel|last = Pinkwater |year = 2009 |title = The Neddiad: How Neddie Took the Train, Went to Hollywood, and Saved Civilization |publisher = HMH Books for Young Readers |type = Kindle AZW file}}</ref>
* (2009) Bunyips appeared as the focus cryptids in an episode of ''[[The Secret Saturdays]]''; however, they were depicted as small, troublemaking creatures instead of monsters.
* (2010) Bunyips appear in [[Naomi Novik]]'s fantasy novel ''[[Tongues of Serpents]]'', where they are depicted as relatives of dragons that have adapted to the extreme conditions of the Outback.<ref>{{cite book |first = Naomi |last = Novik |title = Tongues of Serpents |url = https://archive.org/details/tonguesofserpent00novi |url-access = registration |publisher = Ballantine Books |year = 2010 |isbn = 9780345496904}}</ref>
* (2011) An episode of ''[[Prank Patrol (Australian TV series)|Prank Patrol (Australia)]]'' Season 2 involved a prank called Bunyip Hunters.
* (2014) In the novel ''[[Afterworlds]]'', one of the characters is the author of a fictional book named ''Bunyip''.
* (2014) The fantasy novel, ''Queen of the Dark Things'', by [[C. Robert Cargill]], features the Bunyip throughout the story.
* (2016) A "tri-horned" bunyip appears in the ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode "P.P.O.V (Pony Point Of View)" after being revealed to be the cause of a shipwreck that is recollected differently by three of the series' main characters.
* (2019) In the [[Monsterverse]] a titan located under [[Ayers Rock]] is named after the mythical creature.
* (2021) Bunyip appears in the [[Tile-matching video game|match 3]] ''[[Role-playing_video_game|RPG]]'' mobile game ''[[Tower of Saviors]]'' as Vitriolic Savagery - Bunyip
* (2022) In the novel ''The Island'' by [[Adrian McKinty]], which takes place in Australia, an antagonist fearfully refers to the bunyip before dying.
* (2023) In a time-limited activity chapter in the video game [[Reverse: 1999]], bunyip shows as a symbol of deception, and a monstrous bunyip raised by the villain appears as the final boss.