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In one of these people's myths, a crow and a crab argue about the best way to die. A deity of these people ate the Wawalag sisters but was forced to regurgitate them after being bitten by an ant. Barking creatures called bunyips inhabit swamps (15[1])and (-5[1])waterholes (15[1])in these (15[1])people’s myth system. These people believe that the routes of ancestral beings (15[1])are traced by sacred paths known as (*) songlines. These people’s Rainbow Serpent created (10[1])the earth (10[1])during the Dreamtime. (10[2])Uluru is a giant rock that is sacred to these people, whose constellations include the “Emu (-5[1])in the sky.” For 10 points, name these indigenous people of Australia. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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