Editing Kondole

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In the [[Australian Aboriginal mythology]] of the [[Ramindjeri]] subgroup of the [[Ngarrindjeri]] people, '''Kondole''' was a mean and rude man. One night, the performers during a ceremony needed someone to keep a fire going; Kondole was the only one with fire, and he hid in the bush.  The men argued with him, and one got frustrated and threw a [[spear]] into Kondole's [[human skull|skull]].  All the men then turned into [[animal]]s, including [[kangaroo]]s, [[Phalangeriformes|possums]], [[fish]] and [[bird]]s.  Kondole became a [[whale]] and the hole in his head from the spear became his [[blowhole (bio)|blowhole]]. Kondole was the first whale according to Aboriginal myth.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65349696 |title=Early Australian History |newspaper=Bathurst Free Press And Mining Journal |date=22 August 1890 |access-date=13 August 2022 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cressey |first1=Jason |title=Making a Splash in the Pacific: Dolphin and Whale Myths and Legends of Oceania |journal=Rapa Nui Journal |date=September 1998 |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=75–84 |url=https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10524/64377/4_RNJ_12_3_Cressey.pdf |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref>

Ian Milne wrote the book ''Kondole the Whale'' based on this story in 1992<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196910136 |title=Whale book launched |newspaper=Times |date=7 July 1992 |access-date=13 August 2022 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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