Ngurunderi speared the great Murray Cod Pondi at the end of his long pursuit down the Murray River, then cut Pondi's body into pieces and cast them into the water, creating the various freshwater fish species.
Ngurunderi presides over the Murray River as its ancestral creator and lawgiver, having shaped the river and its surrounding lands during the Dreamtime.
Ngurunderi pursued the great Murray Cod Pondi through the land during the Dreamtime, and Pondi's thrashing body carved the course of the Murray River.
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