Bob Maza tells the Aboriginal legend of the giant frog, Tiddalik who drank all the water in the land, making a desert. The distraught animals got together and tried to make him laugh, which they finally did, so that the water poured out of him. Bob Maza uses simple stick puppets and colourful backdrops, which could easily be copied, to illustrate the legend.
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In ACMI's collection
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ACMI Identifier
303303
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Legends
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Puppet films
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Aboriginal Australians - Legends
Childrens Films → Puppet films
History → Aboriginal Australians - Legends
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)