Dugong Dugong

Clip 1: Legend of dugong

2 min 41 sec

Taken from the documentary Dugong Dugong (1980)

Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be PG

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Curator’s clip description

An elder sits with children around him. He is telling the children about the legend of the dugong, and of a small boy who left his human family to become a dugong.

Curator’s notes

The legend of the dugong sets up the action of the hunt sequence that is to follow.

Romaine Moreton, curator

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