{"collection":"Sacred Texts - Australia","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_aus_mla_mla02_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_aus_mla_mla02_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_aus_mla_mla02_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/aus/mla/mla02.htm","summary":"When the white man first carried the burden and blessing of civilization to the shores of Australia, he found the land inhabited by a very primitive race of people. They lived simple lives, and their activities were confined to hunting, fishing and the procuring of vegetable food. Their dwelling place or gunyah was a rude shelter formed by the boughs and bark of trees, which afforded them little protection from the elements.","tags":["Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories","Australian Creation Myths","Pourquoi Tales"],"text":null,"title":"Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines: Introduction","tradition":"Sacred Texts - Australia","translated_text":null,"word_count":1205}