Aussie Bush Tales

Aussie Bush Tales: Boiled Emu Eggs

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Aussie Bush Tales

Boiled Emu Eggs

Season 1 | Episode 2 | NITV | June 12, 2018

Indigenous Australians

English

Classification: General

Moort the Elder is hungry for boiled emu eggs and sends the children to find some. The children come back empty-handed so he shows them how to find them. They arrive too late: the eggs are hatching.

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Moort the Elder is hungry for boiled emu eggs and sends the children to find some. The children come back empty-handed so he shows them how to find them. They arrive too late: the eggs are hatching.

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