''Bobtales'' is an Australian animated series of

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dreamtime stories produced in

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in 1997 and aired in 1998. Thirteen 5-minute episodes were produced by independent film company Gripping Film and Graphics and the Western Australian Aboriginal Media Association in

, with funding from

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, and SBS Independent. The series is distributed within Australia and world wide by

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Episodes

#Waitj and the Djindong #The Trials of Yorna #Younger and Maak (Kangaroo and Moon) #Legend of the Southern Cross #How the Parrots got their Colours #Three Springs #How the Echidna Got its Quills #The Emu, Brolga and Eagle #The Kingfisher Tribe #The Dove and the Mountain Devil #Moon Stories #Legend of the Kwilena #How the Numbat Got Its Stripes / How the Chuditch Has Spots and the Emu Can't Fly

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080723005826/http://www.racismnoway.com.au/library/bibliography/bib57.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20121010024725/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/694541 * https://web.archive.org/web/19990223213055/http://www.iinet.net.au/~althomp/bob/

External links

Special Broadcasting Service original programming 1998 Australian television series debuts 1998 Australian television series endings 1990s Australian animated television series Australian children's animated television series Indigenous Australian television series {{animation-tv-prog-stub