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Aussie Bush Tales: Billabong Baoloo-Oo

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Aussie Bush Tales

Billabong Baoloo-Oo

Season 1 | Episode 5 | NITV | July 17, 2018

Indigenous Australians

English

Classification: Parental Guidance

The children go down to the Paperbark Billabong, hoping to see the strange creature which the Elder Moort tells them lives in the water. Moort describes the noise made by the creature as "Baoloo-Oo."

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The children go down to the Paperbark Billabong, hoping to see the strange creature which the Elder Moort tells them lives in the water. Moort describes the noise made by the creature as "Baoloo-Oo."

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