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In the early 19th century [[Aborigines]] often warned British settlers to beware of huge, ape-like creatures that lurked in the rugged mountains and deep forests of the island continent. Their people, they said, had been encountering the hairy horrors since time immemorial. They knew them by many names, including doolagarl, thoolagarl, jurrawarra and tjangara.  

In the early 19th century [[Aborigines]] often warned British settlers to beware of huge, ape-like creatures that lurked in the rugged mountains and deep forests of the island continent. Their people, they said, had been encountering the hairy horrors since time immemorial. They knew them by many names, including doolagarl, thoolagarl, jurrawarra and tjangara.  

   

   

Soon the colonists, too, began to report hair-raising encounters with the elusive, foul-smelling giants, which they referred to as “Australian apes”, “Metapedia” or “youries”. Today, they are generally referred to as yowies.  

Soon the colonists, too, began to report hair-raising encounters with the elusive, foul-smelling giants, which they referred to as “Australian apes” or “youries”. Today, they are generally referred to as yowies.  

==Further reading==

==Further reading==