moregoo

Updated: May 8, 2025

And never again did his wives see him though every night they heard his cry of "Mooregoo, mooregoo." But though they never saw their husband, they saw a night hawk, the Mopoke, and as that cried always, "Mooregoo, moregoo," as their husband had cried in his agony, they knew that he must have turned into the bird. After a time the women were changed into Mooninguggahgul, or mosquito birds.

K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) Parker - Australian Legendary Tales: folklore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies