Stories rarely remain static, their words change as new generations hear them and tell them. But in certain circumstances they may remain as they were intended, and there is one place in the world where such a situation occurred, and that is with the First Nation Australians.

First Nation Australian oral tradition stress the importance of story telling, and this coupled with their isolation, and a catastrophic event, has led to some of their stories remaining the same for many thousands of years. Making these some of the oldest stories in the world today.

Stories from Spencer Gulf about the Narrangga trib, about Kangaroo Island Gulf of St Vincent and Ngurunderi , and the Wellesley Islands with their seagull woman called Garnguur. And also the Tiwi people from around the Bathurst and Melville Islands and their supernatural being Mudangkala.

For more information please refer to the paper "Aboriginal Memories of Inundation of the Australian Coast Dating from More than 7000 Years Ago" by Dr Nick Reid and Patrick Nunn in September 2015

Please note I was unaware of the issues in certain terminology when making this video, and will note that I will not use this again in future videos. I'm sorry if this has caused offense.

Chapters
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0:00 Introduction
2:39 Who are the aborigines
3:35 After the Ice Age
4:21 The types of stories being told
5:21 The 21 stories on Australia's coastline
6:10 Spencer Gulf
8:04 Kangaroo Island
9:14 Wellesley Islands
10:20 Bathurst and Melville Islands
11:48 What do these stories mean?
13:09 Confirming the dates
14:21 So are these orally told tales really this old?