Totem animal for some Gubbi Gubbi families; connected to Moreton Bay Ash through skin names. Regarded as family. Can live up to 80-100 years. Associated with speaking and human connection.​

​Associated with rain when flying low and calling distressfully, it signals upcoming rain.​

Dolphins worked in with the tribe (Godwin Beach shell midden/Dolphin point) Hunters would place a spear/stick into holes in the stone and create a vibrational sound, dolphins would drive the fish to that point, hunters would be ready with fishing nets. The tribe gave part of catch to dolphins to honor the bond.​​

​Totem tree for Emu people (copiathan skin line) seen as a family member, slow- growing, sacred, and sometimes shaped as marker trees by ancestors.​

​Bark used to make fishing nets, very important for traditional fishing practices.

​Found in large shell middens(Godwinbeach midden) important seasonal food source.​

​Named after the sound it makes, highlights the Kabi Kabi Gubbi Gubbi philosophy that language is connected to animal sounds and the landscape.​